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The Washington times., 1915-06-19
Regenerating Garbage Pail
Every Housewife Has Responsibility In
Reducing Menace to Minimum.
BY MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
Copyright by Mrs Christine Frederick.

cally no emptying of sloppy small
cans into large sloppy receptacle
by the street carrier. Instead. he
took out a paper bag tightly closed,
full OF dry refuse and could handle
these dry closed bags with less dam
ger and more ease than he could the
mass OF garbage material us ordi-
narily taken from the home.
Drain Garbage Dry.
The housewives share in the plan
was to keep the garbage peil itself
scrupulously clean and .lsinfected,
and above all to drain the garbage
dry. before putting in the bag, be-
cause the dryer the refuse. the less
chance for germ development. The
paper bag plan assists in keeping the
garbage dry so that fermentation has
not gone so far with garbage placed
in the bag as 1t has II the contents
have been left exposed and wet.
From the convenience in handling
the can the paper bag plan offers
strong inducements 10 the housewife.
Cans in which a. clean paper bag is
placed every morning never become
the rusty. unpleasant objects that
the usual can results in.
Bought in wholesale lots the bags
are considerably less than l cent
apiece, 800 bags, or a years supply.
costing something over SO. But Ger
tainly 1t would be 50 we'll spent in
the cause of health. convenience. and
civic sanitation. Why not try the
paper bag pail this summer?
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you have often heard that self
~ preservation Is the first law OF
life" and I believe that the pre-
servatlon of her teeth should be
the first law of every woman who de-
sires to be attractive.
Each feature of your face contribute
it's share to your beauty. and you should
not show any partiality in the care OF
them. Losing track of this fact. many
women neglect the care Of their teeth,
with the result that few and far be-
tween are the women who can boast
of perfect teeth. The heroines in the
latest novels invariably have teeth like
pearls, but seldom do we see them in
everyday life.
Because Of their imperfections the
teeth require more attention than any
other feature We cannot all have beau
tiful teeth. but we can greatly improve
their appearance by q little daily care
I want to give a few examples Of the
harm which women unconsciously do
their teeth. For one thing. they bite a
thread instead Of cutting 1t. which
cracks the enamel and eventually causes
cavity. Others bite hard candy or
crack nuts. II it had been intended that
we should make these uses of our
teeth we would have been provided with
the wedge-shaped teeth OF the animals
instead of the square, flatsurfaced
teeth with which we are supposed to
eat only soft foods.
Chew Your Food.
The habit OF eating Ice is also bad
for two reasons. The frozen liquid is
| too hard to bite, and the extreme cold
tends to crack the enamel and cause 1t
to scale off Drinking extremely hot
| liquids will have the same effect.
If you will insist upon eating hard
candles, crisp crackers and the like.
! break them into small bits before put
| ting them into the mouth.
One OF the commonest forms of abuse
where the teeth are concerned Is in al
\ lowing deleterious pieces and acids to
remain in the mouth. Fruits are excel
lent for the system. but they are fire.
quently bad for the teeth. Candy, be-
cause of the change which takes place
when the sugar mixes with the saliva.
causes an acid which Is most harmful to
| tooth structure.
| Always. after eating, the mouth should
| be thoroughly rinsed with lime or soda
water The latter will more effectually
| counteract acidity. and to mix 1t add a
teaspoonful of ordinary bicarbonate OF
soda to a glassful of water.
| Another fault to which We are prone
| is laziness in the matter of masticating
our food properly. We have the vulgar
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symphony and unable TO carry so
simple a melody as Yankee Doodle" in
your head.
What does all this prove7, only that
a skillful philosopher IL not necessarily
a mathematician, and a good surgeon
may not be a good thinker. II means
most Of all that training-expertence and
learning ie memory, nothing. else-in
anything, no matter how perfect. will
not help you in anything else.
There are as many different kinds Of
memory as there are diseases. Mere me-
chanicai memory exhibitions. are as
memorizing OF ali the names in a street
directory. II can be done as freak
stunt. but It is wasted energy and a use
less tax and drain upon time and effort.
II Will not help boy or man to learn
anything else.
The school sing-song ensemble Of two
times two makes four, four times four
makes sixteen Is all very well to
| mind, but only amateur school commits
s!oners delude themselves into the
| thought that 1t trains other types Of
| memory.
| The secret OF an improved memory
may be summed up in this non-psycho-
logical term. getting used to a thing"
| Repetition and sequence is slow help
phrases are great aids. Absolute nom
sense without mea ming such as the
| gloDiy goose gobbled the gcllywock.
! can be remembered easily from the
rhythm, tone and association Of syll-
ables more easily than the repetition of
half as many syllables in a dictionary.
| The worst think ! know for a child Is
the custom OF many foolish parents of
inducing young children to memorize
songs and poems. This prevents OBJ
servation. thought. and apprecia ton Of
real things by the child. The actual is
not opposed to theoretical, and speak
Intellectual ability.
What Memory Is.
The correct way to increase the pro-
ductivity Of the memory is to link every
new thing with An understood thought
already in hand. Merely to memorize
the Bible and thus to be able parrot
like to speak It by heart" is not mem
ory. intellectually and emotionally to
appreciate and understand one psalm or
proverb is memory. TO know IMS. where to to
passage OF the Bible on your table Is
practical and useful recollection. Die
tionaries. directories, encyclopedias, in
, mechanical part FOR you. Reason asso-
| citation, adaptability, and the perception
, Of relationships is better than much
Latin and more Greek, however beauti-
full and instructive these may be in
, themselves.
Mark you. this is no reflection on
classical education. That is undoubtedly
! excellent. 1t makes for thoroughness,
: uniformity, accuracy and disciplined
habits OF thinking. These are superior
: to the loose methods Of many nonclass-
ical systems. ,..
To be absent minded, preoccupied. and
.. a distracted, to be wool-gat thering
dreamy and wrapped in athought does
not betoken a loss of memory. 1t Is not
forgetting" or a defect Of remem:
condition where the memory 'funs' ID
other things. The professor in deec
thought as to whether an atom haa
only two electrons in 1t. or from 500 Il
], 200. cannot be condemned II he forget$
that he is married -.
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The Proper Care Of the Teeth
Every Woman Who Desires to Be Attractive Must Realize
"Self Preservation is First Law Of Life.'
Ry LUCREZIA BORI.

habit OF boiling food. DO remember
that YOU should chew every morsel so
we'll that ii passes into the stomach in
fluid form. Chew your food: your
stomach has no teeth" is an admonI-
ton sometimes hung In the dining rooms
of boys schools We need 1t at home in
many instances.
The proper mastication OF food will
improve your general health and will
thus improve the health and the beauty
OF your teeth
The "Lime Food
l know many of you make the COM
| mon mistake OF cooking your vegetables
! in too much water. AS a result you
| throw away all the lime and salts that
strengthen the tooth structure. Only
place enough water in the saucepan or
| kettle to keep the vegetable from burn
| ing. 1t Ia the steam which will cook It
and at the same time keep in the vege-
| table all the mineral matter which is
/ necessary for the teeth and the bony
| structures OF the body.
! Cabbage contains a wealth of lime.
and so does the dandelion. Other vege-
| bles which contain this mineral are
rice. potatoes. asparagus. spinach, beets
| and eucumbers.
Fruits, meats and nuts contain lime.
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f. A. CO. O What shall I do for
shiny nose? A sort OF oil comes from
the pores OF the nose continually. (2) l
am very pale. What will make me have
color?
a. W Pepper. salt sauces. seasoning.
sweets. greasy and highly cooked foods
as we'll as hot dishes. liquors. soups. tea
and coffee make red and shiny noses.
Massage the nose each night with gly-
cerine and peroxide. half and half. Do
not wash with hot water or soap. but
cleanse the skin with good peroxide
cream and ice-cold water.
=. Eat more thick soups, all kinds OF
broths, beef. chopped or scraped meat,
mutton, chicken, game butter, raw
CLAIMS, raw oysters, soft-boiled. raw or
poached eggs. bread, all kinds OF ripe
and we'll cooked vegetables such as po-
tatoes. spinach, young peas, rice. egg
and milk puddings and ripe fruits. Drink
three quarts of distilled water daily-two
glasses half an hour before each meal
two quarts of fresh milk and cream
and take wineglassful OF olive oil after
meals. Be outdoors in the fresh air and
sunlight most of the day, sleep ten to
twelve hours in the twenty-four, have
Your room we'll ventilated at night, and
take one teaspoonful of compound
syrup Of hypophosphites before meals
Take several hours rest in the after
noon, and mild exercise in the open.
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OCTOR,' asks patient, why
is 1t that every time ] tax
- my memory I have a bitter
taste In my MOUTH" This
was a query, not from an average per-
son who had gone no further than the
fifth or sixth grade in school. but came
from woman with a college education.
another patient, a young man this
time, complains that he always feels as
II he has previously seen or experienced
the things he goes through. Others de-
scribe their own absent ndedness erd
other oddities. which convince them
that they have no memory or have
lost their memories" and are in fear
tnat they VIII suffer a loss of mind"
How cruelty sweet are the echoes that
s.aIt from memory, that plays old tunes
on the heart, even a child knows. Hap
piyi faE,ibsSt ~hen n ne memory looks back the
least OF all To live is to remember
the ebb and flow OF being and becoming
Is motion picture Of fond and other
recoliections. Even the imbeciie, the
rumatlc r.h ana possibly the lover are in
H,enlory all compact 1t is merely that
their memories are deflected eIinticaI
and disJointed.
Memory's Many Sides.
Memory is the warder OF the inte,,cc.
tual life. 1t Is the custodian of much
that makes man rationa! animal
rather than a brute. Without memory
there can be no happiness. Man is al
ways happier for having been hapy, SO
that II you make a nan happy even
| once you make him happy, twenty years
after by the memory OF II.
Music when soft voices die.
Vtbrates In the memory
doors, when sweet violets slcken.
,, Live within the sense they quicken.
Rose leaves, when the rose Is dead,
Are heaped for the beloveds bed
and 40 thy thoughts. when thou art
gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.
Memory is not the elementery. simple
thing that children and doctors would
have you believe. Even when you ap.
preciate that 1t includes recognition, re-
call and retention. when you understand
| that to have even a workable 3 {
memory demands that you be ready e
retain what you touch. see, feel. hear
Smell. squeeze, resist and taste. as wei
as to recall 1t at will and to recognize
II without your will, you still have failet
to analyze memory. Memory has man.
more units than these
The labyrinthine intricacy Of memor!
Is In a manner brought into your un
Outstanding when you realize that t.
remember to tell your friend something
Is entirely different from the recollec
tion OF a funny story. You may re
member to mail a letter. and yet forge
to go to the bank. You mey, like &C
tors. have an excellent memory for line
and parts or be capable of recitin;
poetry or sing songs time out Of mind
but to recognize the false note in tha
song, or to be accurate at inathematic
is a horse OF another color.
Some Memory Helps.
Ancient psychologists still tell yor
I1 L. . e. .,,l
ties. That nonsense is no longer held
. The memory for words In no way help!
r you 10 remember sentences. You ma,
. be able to memoriZe Beethoven's fifti
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and all of the green salads are excellent
TO improve the structure OF the teeth.
At the same time the health of the
teeth Ia bein- improved give particular
care to the surface. Cleanse them twice
day with a relia bic tooth powder, and
be free in the use of an antiseptic
mouth wash. BiCorbonate of soda or
salt is an Invaluable tooth cleanser, for
II not only counteracts any tendency to-
ward aciditv. but II will bleach the sur
face as well.
One OF the tooth powders which ex-
perience has taught ME To rely upon Is
n mixture Of:
Precipitated chalk ........ drains
Powdered camphor ....... II dram
Powdered orris root........ dram
! Sift this powder several times through
coarse muslin.
| Many persons seem not to realize that
merely brushing the teeth does not
| cleanse them The ideal way to remove
the particles of food which collect be-
| tween the teeth is by the use of dental
floss. coarse, silk thread prepared ex-
pressly for this purpose. Do not con-
slider the teeth cleansed until you have
drawn n piece to and fro between each
| tooth.
Make the preservation of your teeth
the first law OF your life.
The Washington times., 1915-06-19
Cost of Milk to Consumer
Increased By Criss-CroSs
Of City Delivery Systems
Duplication of Effort Economic Waste-Average Quart
Bottle Lives Only % Days-Handlng Methods
Heavy Factor in Productive Cost.

~ ILK- WAGON routes in large
MI cities retrace and ''criss-
lv cross" one another. thus
adding to the cost OF dis
tribution; this duplication of effort
has a direct bearing on the retail
price of milk, as 1t increases the
expenses Of the milk dealers. On the
other hand 1t is also a tax upon the
farmer, for II tends TO keep down
the price paid for mix on the farm.
1t must be understood, however,
that much Of the waste in milk de-
livery, under the present system, can
not be entirely prevented. because
there are 80 many dealers in each To-
cality. and competition is keen.
According to the dairy experts OF
riculture, efforts should be made,
nevertheless, by the dealers, to con-
centrate their business as much az
possible so as to lessen the distance
Travelled by the wagon for each
quart Of milk delivered. by securing
small area
The accompanying table presents
in concrete form the data which are
being prepared by the department on
Inc QlstTlpution OF MIX III Some OF
the large cities. In. the District OF
Columbia ninety-eight routes were
measured. The shortest distance
travelled by any wagon was 104
miles. and the longest was 80. show
ing q considerable variation. The
average distance for the SO wagons
was Il. i miles. When these measure
ments were made there were approx
fnately $40 miles Of streets In the
District and $50 wagons were making
the retail deliveries ot milk. Figur-
ing that each Of these wagons trav-
eIed 19.1 miles. they all covered
ATS miles each day. or s.3 times the
sum Of all the streets in the Dis
trict. Thus the time Of about of
every wagons was used uneconom-
ically More than so dealers were
making the deliveries.
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OF FOUR CITIES.

the small price asked by the ex-
change for this service. 1t does not,
however. do away altogether with
the large loss Of bottles incident to
tho milk business. junk dealers and
employees on city garbage and refuse
dumps very often return large num-
bers OF bottles to the mil lmen; in
fact. in one city, the milk bottle ex-
change recovered, In three years.
about 10000 bottles from the re-
fuse dumps.
Keep the Milk Cold.
The city consumer of milk greatly
aid the dealer by cleaning and re-
turn promptly every bottle received.
The bottle should be washed in clear,
warm water. then in very hot water.
and stood wrong side up in a clean
place to dry. This, done by the
housewife, is particularly a saving
when the dealer or dairyman oper-
ates only a small plant and does not
have the outfit for rapid cleaning.
When milk is left in bottles to get
sour or to putrefy, it adds to the
dairyman's cost for cleaning them.
and the same Is true when a little
milk Is allowed to dry in the bottle.
especially In the angle around the
bottom
Another way. in which the consum-
er can cooperate is by quickly re-
moving the milk from the doorstep
or porch where the heat from the
sun is likely soon to affect it. The
farmer and the dealer. II they have
done their part in keeping the milk
cold, cannot be held responsible II
the consumer falls. Immediately up
on receipt Of the milk. to put 1t into
the refrigerator. A few hours ex-
posure to the summer heat soon
brings the temperature up to above
so degrees F.. where the bacterial
content increases rapidly. The de-
partment's experts advise keeping
the milk, as much as 1t is practi-
cable, in the original receptacle in
which 1t is received. and at a tenn
perature OF between 40 and 80 de-
grees F., thus aiding in keeping
down the great summer waste caused
by the souring of milk before 1t can
be used.
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Book Reviews

THE LUTANIsT. BY Alice Wilson. Boston:
Richard c. Badger. publisher. Price, Sl0O
Alice Wilson Is taking a prominent
place in the ranks of women poets Of
this century, and her book OF poems.
'~The Lutanist," lately put out by the
Badger Company, is only further proof
OF her ability.
Her versatility shows itself in the
additional nineteen poems to children
which are included in the volume
ENGLAND ON THE WITNESS STAND; The
Anglo German Case Tried BY a Jury OF
Engllshmen. New York: The Fatherland
Press. Papey corners. Price, 10 cents net.
One OF the many publications setting
forth the German position. It consists
| of twelve extracts from English writer's
and speakers, carefully edited and dis
played, with an introduction by Fred.
erick F. Sehrader.
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IN large Eastern metropolis an
experiment was tried in a prev
ious summer which is worth
while considering this year at
the entrance of the hot season. While
we are all patiently-and inacttvely
waiting for a municipal garbage
solution. the individual garbage pail
remains a permanent kitchen neces-
sity, eyesore and problem.
No one today doubts but that flies
breed in garbage; that the house
garbage pail Is a source of menace,
and that every householder has a
serious responsibility in reducing
that menace to minimum. Rut
how? Disinfect, of course, with
chloride of lime or kerosene. But be-
yond this, we may follow the plan so
universally carried out In the city
indicated.
Paraffine Paper Bags Used.
This plan was nothing more or less
q than the simple one of purchasing
paraffine paper bags such as are
used in freless cooking or for other
purposes. These bags come in diff
ferent sizes and one should be chosen
OF the right size to fit our particu-
lar garbage pail. By thus lining the
pail with a waterproof. tough lining
the garbage itself is prevented from
coming in contact with the walls of
the can. This prevents the Shiny
odorous effect which garbage takes
on when it comes in contact with
galvanized iron. From this point of
view the paper bag makes for ease
in cleaning the can. which is an ad-
vantage from the housewives point
of view.
But the main idea is that garbage
so separated and handled will be less
likely to infection when taken by the
ed out in this city there was practi-
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The table shown above represents
a study OF a few wagons In each
city and does not indicate the total
number of wagons, or the total
The present trend in retail bust,
ness seems to be toward the small
package A few years ago many
kinds Of food were sold in bulk
which at present are purchased, to
a large extent, in small packages.
retail milk business, there being a
greater demand for pint bottles than
for quart, in the five large cities re-
Gently studied by the department.
Boston. Washington. Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia. and Baltimore. Seven
ty-four dealers in these cities hand
led daily about 2eo,ooo quart bottles
and 36l 900 pint bottles. About Al per
cent Of the total bottled milk Of
these dealers Is handled In pints.
1t takes considerably longer to
wash and fill two pint bottles than
one quart: moreover. 1t costs nearly
as much to deliver a pint as 1t does
a quart bottle of milk. One dealer.
who handles quarts only. says 1t
would take the profit from one quart
of milk to make up for the loss on
one pint, yet, as the figures show.
-,Iere Is a surprisingly large num-
ber Of pints handled by some deal
ers.
Where Do the Bottles Go?
The loss of bottles Is a perplex-
ing problem to all dealers. and In
the aggregate. the total amount Of
money lost reaches great proportions
in a year. The life of pint bottle
y much shorter than that Of quart,
which Is computed to last from six
to fifty trips. the average being 22.5
trips. If the dealer delivers 1000
bottles daily. and they cost him 81
cents each. his daily expense for re-
placing bottles would be $l5.55. or
S5.67576 a year. 1t Is necessary to use
small bottles for some kinds of
trade. as. for instance. the hotel or
restaurant trade. where the guests
are served milk in the bottle. but
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Mrs. NJ. J. CO. Please tell me
something about ricketts, in children.
Are they ever born with It? Is II
caused from the mothers milk? What
Is a good strengthening diet for a child
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RANDOM RECIPES
Currants or Raisin Gems.

Currants or Raisin Gems.
Cupful Flour
n Cupful Milk
~ Cupful Sugar
/ Egg
Tablespoonful Butter
/ Teaspoonful Baking-Powder
u Teaspoonful Salt
~ Cupful Raisins or Currants
Cream the butter and sugar. Add
the well-beaten egg. Sift in the
four, salt and baking powder, then
add the milk. Beat we'll for five
minutes. Mix In the Toured raisins
or currants. Drop from table
spoonful onto weli-buttered tin
and bake in a hot oven,
Little Molasses Cakes.
Scant Cupfuls Lard.
!? Cupfuls Molasses.
Teaspoonful Soda.
Cinnamon.
Gloves.
Flour.
Salt.
Mix the ingredients together with
suffictent -four to roll out on board,
Cut in fancy shapes after rolling the
dough about one-quartsE 81 an inch
thick.
Hermits.
. Cupfuls Brown Sugar.
l Cupful Butter.
y Cupful Milk.
y Cupful Almonds.
Cupful Raisins.
Teaspoonful Soda.
" Tea spoonful Cinnamon.
y Tesspoonful Nutmeg,
/ Eg2s.
Flour.
Carefully cream the sugar and but
ter. add the well-beaten egg and the
soda dissolved in the milk To this,
add enough -four 10 roll out wen.
Sift In the cinnamon and nutmeg and
stir in the chopped and houred
Taisins and chopped almonds. Roll,
cut in oblongs and bake.
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Million and a Half Bottles
Thrown Away.

In some instances. milk-bottle ex-
chsnges have been esta blished: these
are either owned ana operated by tho
milk dealers or by an independent
company. Establishments OF the
different dealers are visited regu-
larly. and all stray bottles brought
to the exchange headquarters. where
they are washed. sterilized and as
sorted. The price paid by the dealer
10 the exchange varies from Y to a
q cent The object is simply to aid
the dealers in recovering their bot
ties, and they can well AFFORD to pay
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Whatever will add TO the comfort OF
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AnszUerS to Health Questions

E. S. 70. Are bananas classed as
food, and are tey fattenins?
A They are an excellent food. but
Tot fattening.