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- xl'LoDED is the old theory that
II the, child mind, consists of n
L. nupher Of more or less water
tight compartments, called fac
ulties. and that. each 'isubiect included
In the school curriculum is =. pumping
station for, one Of them. The other
theory that the mental power gener-
ated. by; the study of classics can be
switched to. the problem of making. two
bladey :of's gtass grow where only one
grew before is beginning to be serious-
ly questionadtiby the best psychologists
of our day and the forma ton of cor
rect men tai habfts, as the .fundamen-
tai basis ,pf education. Is becoming more
and mare insisted upon.
Human thought tends to run in the
grooves IT has once made. BY jumping
1t too frequently into new grooves its
power b scattered: the brain becomes
criss-crossed with grooves Of shallow
depthA and an all-around, alert, no.
Ecconht, mediocre mentality ia built UP.
Those who have become great in any
chosen nne OF WORK, or profession. have
started at 1t early and have kept to
one main line of pursuit, as their life
work. with handfuls Of recreative ac-
tivities of opposite nature thrown in at
proper intervals.
Early Choice of Pursuit.
Fog this reason it is important that
the child should, at as early an age as
possible, determine the kind of pursuit
he intends to, follow. as his Hfe., work.
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- TIMES DAILY NJ GAZINE PA G E
Blood Won't Coaguldte
In the Veins If the Organs
Are Kept In Condition
BY DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.
Copyright 1915 by Newspaper Feature Service Inc,

-HE blood Is not the life Neither
does inheritance come by the
Il blood. To be blue-blooded or to
think that you have the blood
|of kings or cobblers in your veins is
to speak meaningless stuff. The seed
of the father descends not only unto
the third and fourth generations, but
through several thousands Of genera
tions. The blood. however, dies out
In each individual, 1t is materialistic,
|destructible. corruptible, and tempor-
larry.
Prodigious conquests Of nature may
as well be done by weaver's issue
as by a princes son. The print and
copy Of the father may be In the
blood, the eve, the nose, the lfp--nay.
the very frown and trick of wrinkle,
the pretty dimples Of chin and cheek
the mold and frame OF hand. nail.
and finger may all be replicas of the
father. yet II Is the seed that contains
the germs Of these.
Phystcians, as a rule are much like
other fallible mortals. Take the aver
age cobbler, merchant, lawyer, teach
err, manufacturer, or banker, and you
will fnd him. maybe, an egoistic fat
head, narrow. bigoted, one sided, and
comforta BILE.
Professions and Men.
Most of them are failures in some
respect. economically. socially. intel
Ilectually, morally. or otherwise. They
pat themselves metaphorically on the
back. because they have a home and a
dollar in their pockets-they are
naively unconscious of the fact that
they are ridiculous failures in every
thing except insular vanity. Why,
then. should the world expect doctors
| to be a jot more sublunary?
| Physicians are the cobblers. the
plumbers. and botchers Of the flesh.
They patch, tinker. and solder the
pipes. Joints, and heels of the anatomy
with typical mental horizons Of the
plumber. cobbler. and journeyman. II
| you have ever gone to any of this
gentry and told them that a job could
! have been done better. more efficient
| ly, and more economically than they
were doing It. they probably cursed
YOU in all the tongues of Babel. looked
on you with disgust and contempt, or
threw down their tools and told you
I to do II yourself. Yet carpenters and
plumbers are no more conceited and
complacent with their wofully narrow
experiences and knowledge than is
the lovable. genial medical man.
! Yet to kick out the plumber or doctor
when the pipes are III. indeed shows
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that to be without one does not sue.
ceed. When you suddenly sever finger
with the bread knife or have loss or
blood from some crevice OF the human
fabric. the nearest physician, like the
nearest grocer when you are famished
with hunger. Is bettIr than all the fads,
domestic mcdicaments. new thoughts,
and near sciences under the seven
heavens.
The Clot Elements.
Have you ever been given cause to
wonder why your blood does not clot In
the veins, arteries, and capillaries? The
scarlet fluid coagulates quickly when
small leak occurs i'm the membranes.
skin or other structures. Why does 1t
not do so within the textile hose and
artesian tubes of the tissues?
Obviously, II the blood were ever to
clot in it's ebb and flow and streaming
circuit through the veins and other
pipes. there would be short life and
far from merry one.
In the living pipes and sewers the
elements and units which go to com
pose the red rivers OF the anatomy do
smithereens. They do not, therefore.
become crushed, mucilaginous. and
sticky. and give rise to materials which
form f.'r ciot-carsing ,Sft,s, chemical called allied
made. acts as a hber ferment. Lime,
always present in the blood, is also
concerned in the clot
Under the usual happy-go- o-lucky cir
,, cumstances of life there can be no
thrombin. fiber or lime let loose from
the corpusclcs and other elements OF
the blood. The instant, however. a
hole, leak. a puncture. microbe.
foreign object. pin prick. or any
other change Of tissue conditions mani
: tests itself. that moment witnesses the
, appearance of the clot-making stun.
, Experiments. however, prove that
you may take a pinch Of fbrin fer
| ment-called thrombin-and inject this
inte the onrushing blood. and no clot
will appear IL the liver and bile are
active. The liver manufactures an
anti-clotting principle which safeguards
| the fabric of life from such dangers.
Dr.. Hirshberg tcill ansUer questions
! for readers of The Times on m nedicdi,
hp0ienic and sanitation subjects that are
OF general interest. He UHl not under-
| take to prescribe or otter dduice for an
dirtdudl cases. Where the subjeot is not
Of general interest letters pill be an
stcered personally, II q stamped and ud-
dressed enuclorc Is enclosed. Adrcss all
! Inquiries TO DR.. L. X. dtrshbero, caro-
this office.
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ADVICE TO GIRLS

her. | do not want you TO think !
am crazy about girls, for | am not.
and am very particular about the
people | go with. | do not smoke
! havd been in this town Tor quite
while now, but do not seem to get
acquainted. ] go to shows but not
10 dances. DO you think that II !
learned to dance and took up smok-
ing that 1t would hurt my reputa-
ton? LONESOME FRIEND.
The best way to get acquainted with
the young lady Is to invite her to at
tend some paid entertainment AS you
work at the same place. that will be
proper, and IL she cares to become ac-
Quainted sho will accept Forget your
out all right. AS for the dancing and
smoking it Ia not wrong TO dance or
to smoke either IL You are grown. and
1t 10 not injurious to your health and
the doing of neither OF these things viii
hurt your reputation. but 1t would be
you do not cara for. Learning to dance
might be very good thing for you.
Dear Annie Laurie: l. am a young
man twenty-three years old and have
been keeping company With young
woman for the past two years. She
10 twenty-three years old. Six months
bBO We DccdIHc cnShSeu dIiu WeTS
to be married as soon as we could
have everything comfortable. Three
months ago ] WIS told that she
was keeping company with another
young man. l did not believe 1t,
but found 1t to be true. ] spoke to
her about IT,. She said she felt sorry
and that 1t would never happen
again. ! forgave her, bat told her
that II ever saw her again with
this young man that ! would give
her up entirely. One month later l
called at her home and found her
and the same young man in each
others arms I told her she could
never be my wife as ] could not de-
pend on her. She begged me to for
give her and that she would put this
young man out Of her life and that
he was to blame for 1t all
thought the matter over for one
week and decided to give her an
other chance. but told her It would
be the last. Since then | have seen
this same young man call at her
place OF business and take her to
the theater. Since that | have not
called to see her. but she has writ
ten me- saying that If gave her up
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By ANNIE LAURIE

she will do herself harm. What am
TO do" Do you think she would
ever make q true wife? Please
answer this as soon az possible, as
a good deal depends on your advice
ANXIOUS.
The best thing that you can do
Will be to give her up, as she would
probably act the same way after
you were married.
Dear Annie Laurie: ] have boy
friend whom I have known for =
often. but thinks 1t only fair that !
should call him UP some time
think it is improper for girl to call
a boy up on the telephone. What
40 you think about Is" PEG.
n there is any particular reason
why you should call your friend up
on tho telephone do so by all means.
but only at the times It is absolutely
necessary You are quite right-to
get into the habit OF calling boys up
is a very bad thing indeed.
NJ. A. L.-How desperate you are.
M. A. L. Don't you see that the
than an acquaintance? Think how
astonished he would be IL you were
to confess your true feelings for him!
! am inclined to believe that he
would consider you just bit insane.
Even though your own feelings
seem so uncomfortable. try to put
yourself in the place OF the girl he
evidently prefers How would she
feel II she knew that YOU were try
ing to win him away from her?
am sure that you will laugh
some day over the serious way you
are taking the situation. II YOU
wish to have the man call, march
bravely up and ask him to come.
When he does come. do try to be
sensible. You would lose all chance
Of ever having him come again II
you once allowed him to see your
true feelings in the matter. If you
can't cure yourself. try to see the
man as little as possible. II is hui
man nature to want what you can't
get, and that is lust the trouble with
you. II the man we're head-over
heels In love with you. I am sure
his charms would fade.
Miss Laurie will welcome letters @
inquiry on subjects OF feminine interes
from young women readers OF thl
paper. and will reply to them in thes
columns. They should be addre ssed I
her care. this office.
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Dame Fashion Returns to Days Of
Crinoline In Eugenie" Costume
Quaint Styles of 1S4o, With
Ample Skirts, Widening
Sleeves, and Tassels Are.
Among Novelties of Old
fashioned Frock of Blue
and White Taffeta.
- AME FASHION went straight
back to crinoline days when

~ AME FASHION went straight
back to crinoline days when
she designed this old-fash-
ioncd fiock Of blue and white
checked tafreta. Then, because it
was so fascinating and lovely she
called 1t the "Eugenie," after the
beautiful empress who ruled the
world of fashion as well as France
during. the second empire. : :,
1t does not require a great stretch
OF the imagination to picture: how
the bellies OF 1910 appeared In their
Wide. skirts and poke bonnets with
the present styles to aid US.
Modern designers rave. II any
thing. improved upon the fashions of
other days. for they have added
little original touches which lift
their frocks above the commonplace.
For instance, In this attractive
frock, plain blue chiffon has been
combined with the checked taffeta
to produce a charming effect. .,
The bodice Is decidedly Quakerish
in line and has broad collar OF
white organdie about the pointed
neck line. .-.
~hC ioH6 SleeNcS OIL tne Cntn on
gradually widen toward the hands
and are finished with pleated frilis.
The ample skirt Of chiffon IL gath
cred about the waist and has a deep
band of the plaid taYeta extending
nearly to the knees. Above this is
stitched a narrow band of the plaid.
leaving about eight inches Of the
transparent material to show be-
tween.
To carry out the old-fashioned idea
still further the trimming used on
this frock consists OF dark blue silk
tassels. They are attached. at inter-
walls, to the front Of the frock in a
straight line extending from the base
Of the collar to the hem
The Victorian bonnet worn with
this frock is quite charming in a
shade. of blue a trifle lighter than
the frock Flowers are banked
across the front and side In a man
ner which suggests a garden path
der,
rhe parasol is of plain blue silk
boldered with large white polka dots.
Taken as a whole, the wearer Of
'tnts costume looks as IL she miRI,t
nave. stepped from an old painting.
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easily brushed from the haiH and Is
absolutely harmless.
Another compound which acts as
curling fluid and imparts luster 70
the hair as well Is made. Of the fol-
lowing ingredients: ~5
Gun arabic...... ounces
Rosewatcr..: :.....:... l gin
Dissolve the gum arabic in the rose.
water, strain through muslin. and
add a drop of aniIlne dye.
s.. Oil Makes Hair Curly.
I do not admire heavy. oily hair.
but sometimes think that II the
hair is inclined the slightest bit to,
be wavy little oil applied to it
would make it curl.
1t is, know, the common idea that
dry hair will curl better than that
which Is oily. This is a mistake. for
You have all noticed that some
straight hair shows an inclination to
curl when the weather is damp. The
dampness gives weight and body to
the hair, and believe-on the same
principle-that If oil in small guam
titles is applied to the hair it will
curl.
sweet almond or cocoanut oil,
scented with favorite perfume will
answer the purpose. Apply a very
little bit with the palms of the hands
three or four times a week.
After using the oil arrange tho hair
in soft waves, pinntng them into po-
sition with invisible hairpins If neces-
sary. Tie a thin veil about the head
and do not remove it until you are
ready to go out. Hair once trained
in the habit of waving will be much
easier, to manage than when II Is
straight
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EARLY Choice Of Pursuit
EWill Aid in Intensifying
fChild's Current Of Thought
Formation of Correct Mental Habits Recognized AS a
4 .. Basis of Education As Old Theories
Il Are Exploded.
Vocation Series, No. 10.
BY ANNA BOGENHOLM SLOANE.
Copyright, 1915. by Miss Anna B. sioans. ;,

The more thoroughly, his chosen line OF
work Is in accord with his Unborn in
clinations, the greater will become the
Interest with which he. will embrace
the studies, or preparation for 1t. and
the greater this interest is the more in
tense will become tho currents OF
thoughts,evoked by it's study:
A book minded child who finds inter-
may form. habits of industry and per-
severance through the school curriculum
processes, though even this kind OF
child would be benefited by more i'm
mediate exercise of his creative facul-
ties. But the motpr-mipded child who
can find no interest in book study be-
comes the school loafer and learns
thoroughly the lesson Of how to evade
as much as possible. -she. will naturally
fail In hN lessons. Today's zero mark
Is an excellent preparation for tomor-
rows and he soon comes TO accent HIM
serious obstacle in the way to any one s
success than. to think he Is failure
The child who thinks himself failure
will become one,
saw and plane, or lathe, or hammer
and anvil, or loom, or pencil, or brush
or piano, or spade and rake, and he
will wake up as soon as he finds the
right tool in his hands.
Let the boy make a working draWins
Of a piece OF furniture and build 1t up
portion by portion OF good, hard oak.
Let his work be supervised by COM
petent teacher who insists that surface
and joints must be good enough to pass
muster in any good shop. If saws,
planes. and ohiseis, are his kind of tools
he will soon become interested in his
work and will want to find out every
thing connected with 1t. For mental
development, one kind OF study may not
be exactly as good as another KIND,
but II Is very sure, that the kind OF
study in which boy Is interested Is
the very best kind for him.
Use of Creative Faculties.
In making his piece of furniture. the
boy has learned lessons in honesty and
painstaking industry. IN planning his
piece of work and preparing his working
drawings, his creative and constructive
faculties have been exercised. Calcula-
ton and judgment in fitting each piece
to the whole to the smallest fraction
OF an inch Is something more than alb
stract arithmetic. 1t is practical: But
d greater gain than these will be the
consciousness Of kingship Of the MIND
that has learned to command and has
found the hands willing servants.
| The boy no longer looks upon himself
as a failure, He has done something
Of which he Is proud and which his
teacher commends and when he finds
himself able to do one thing he VIII
think himself able to do other things.
That boy will not become a failure. n
first class. carpenter Is success. y
third class physician Is failure.
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SEEN IN THE SHOPS
By the Shopper

~ HADED crepe de chine string
ties. which formerly could be
had only in rose and blue,
have appeared in other colors,
among them green. purple. and yell
low Some of them are finished with
tassels and All adjustable slide.
others with tiny balls. The price is
20 cents at an r street store.
Wardrobe trunks, all ready for a
trip to the fair, have been specially
priced at S3J in an F street leather
goods shop. There arc special COM
partmonts for hats and dresses. in
addition to a set of drawers that
will make packing as easy as stow
ing things away In bureau.
The same store ia selling weekend
bags. of a dark water-proofed ma
tcrial. lined with green, rose. blue.
or purple. These are extremely light
in weight and easier for a woman
to carry than even the smallest OF
travelling bags.
Those who are fond of sea pic
lures should be delighted with a
realistically colored reproduction of
a painting Of the open ocean called
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"Windstarke." 1t Is fully eighteen
inches square, yet the price is only
$50 Framed in very dark mission
wood about an inch and a half wide
with narrow inner banding Of
gold. this picture would be a most
,gratefu, aeasis for tired, eyes on a
melting hot day.
For childrens room pictures in
pairs or groups arc often very ef-
fective, since they offer such posi-
bilities for stories and games. Sir
Joshua Reynolds Age OF Innocence"
and Age of Simplicity" are ideal
for the purpose. For one thing, the
two children may be arranged so
that they face each other and seem
to smile in the most Comradely way
Uniform prints Of these pictures, in
the beautiful colorings of the orig
inals are sl.50 each, without frames.
Cheaper prints in uniform frames are
to be had in the art departments OF
many stores.
Information giving the ramss OF
shops rhich carry the articles re-
Jerred TO in these Co:~mns irtll DO
furnished on request. kindly men-
, ton date Of issue tchen possible, and
address "The Shopper.")
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Dear Annie Laurie: J am a Young
girl and go to the skating rink quite
otten. A Few weeks ago VAS In
troduced to young man whom |
skated with. He would insist upon
squeezing my hand. Since then I have
skated with him quite a number OF
times and he still continues to do
1t: l have not said anything to him
Let him know that / notice It. am
IN doubt as to whether ] should
skate with him or not, but do not
like to refuse. Please advise me.
PERPLEXED.
TT Is all right to skate with the
young man and you have done
Il perfectly right In not taking any
notice of 1t when he squeezes
your hand. Always be perfectly po-
lite to him. but pay no attention to
the fact that he does squeeze your
hand. He will soon see that YOU
don't notice 1t and will stop doing 1t.
Dear Annie Laurie: l am a girl
Of seventeen years. and l know a
boy Of about my own age. We
both like each other very much
but what | am asking your advice
about Is this:
When this boy friend comes to my
home to see me. and ! happen to
IdNe any VI my Slll lTltNOS INeTe,
he pays more attention to my Girl
friends that he does to me. OF
course this makes rue very jealous.
MY girl friends tell me / make too
much of a fuss over him, and he
takes advantage of me by thinking
] like him so much that don't care
what he does. Both my parents,
think this boy is very nice And
when none of my girl friends are
around he Is very nice to me.
want you to tell me what I am to
do. as ! do not want to break friend
ship with this boy.
BLUE EYES.
Possibly tho young man does this
to make you Jealous But are you
sure that he Is not being nice to
your girl friends just for the sake OF
poditeness. In any case, do not get
angry and show your anger to him,
for if he Ia doing 1t to make you
Jealous that Is the very reason why.
he Is so polite.
Dear Annie Laurie: I nm young
man-Very lonesome. There is a nice
girl working in the same place that
| do and ] admire her very much
and ! believe that she would like
me. She is highly respectable. But
am shy and bashful and do not
know how to get acquainted with
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Ways to Make the Hair Curl
Ounce Seed Bandoline, Gum Arabic
Or Cocoanut Oil May Be Used.
Ry LUCREZIA, BORI.

sht 1876 by the Newspaper Feature S service. 1nc)
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Z yEsTERDAYta q friend Of mine
" dropped In for a chat. and
noticed she had. changed the
arrangement of her hair.
remarked how very. smart she was
looking, and how much the new Golf
fure had improved her appearance.
Her anARAr was: - :,
II cana here to get your honest
opinion. and I'm glad you think this
arrangement of my hair Is becoming.
Do you know that I spend small
fortune every week having my hair
waved? I,iooked like a freak with
It slicked back without a se,nblance
OF cuYl--you know my hair Is nat
urally .straight--and when I try to
wave 1t myself 1t gets too frizzy.
Instead OF lying flat against the head
in SOFT broad undulations it stands
out az, II each hair was wired.
'1'vet been wondering If you know
of a preparation that will keep the
hair In curl for awhile. could have
waves my hair, and then the slight
est dampness would not rob me of
my wave. l suppose there isn't any
treatment of which you know that
will give a permanent wave to the
hsl1vr hair i i it isn't inclined to curl "a'o-
] told her everything l knew re-
garding curling fluids and methods
Of waving the hair, and in case there
are others who are Voicing the same
questions. I shall repeat the infor-
nation ] gave her.
There is nothing that will give
permanent natural wave to the hair.
Curly Hair grows from the scalp in
an entirely different manner than
straight hair. There Is, however, a
process which reliable hairdressers
are using that Is guaranteed to wave
the hair for six months The price
asked to acquire this asset to beauty
will'prevent many of us from having
q permanent wave put in our tresses.
Bruised Ounce Seeds.
The next best method OF curling tho
hair is to use lotion that will keep
the wave from disappearing when
exposed to dampness
OF ell the preparations ! know the
most effective and the easiest for
amateurs to make IL a bandolne
made from, ounce seed. This curl
ing lotion has been in use for gen
erations, and our grandmothers used
nothing else when they wore the
rhglets about the forehead or curls
IdllIlR III chStoues oNST lilt cars "
the back OF the head.
TO prepare this lotion, take table
spoonful of bruised ounce seeds and
pour over them pint OF soft water.
Boil slowly until the quantity is
reduced to. three gills. Allow the
Iiquid to cool, and then strain
through q piece OF coarse muslin.
Add two teaspoonfuls each of cologne
and alcohol. and the mixture is ready
fer use y
Moisteir tho hair with this prcpara-
tion before curling, using small
sponge toi apply It,
II you are GuCcossful in waving
your hair with curriers'. use the lotion
before winding the strands OF hair
y about tho curriers'.
There is one small objection to this
curling fluid: when ii becomes dry
/ assumes a powdery form sugges-