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The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
.YNOLB
GW"MAN
. HER
4 A72ZXLlAY
AND Yours
February 5-Marquise de Sevigne.

The queen of letter writer's, Marie
de Raubutin Chantal, MarQuise de
Sevigne, was born 2S9 years ago. Her
father, Baron de Chantal q reckless,
fascinating soldier, who fought many
duel and was finally killed on the
battleheldGgav her her wit and her
deep delight in life. From her grand
mother and her uncle. a goodly abbe.
who acted as her foster parents during
her girlhood. she learned TO curb her
high spirits and to soften her bril-
lance with dignity and sweetness.
At eighteen she was in possession OF
a large fortune, unusually well educat-
ed. q brilliant conversationalist, and
possessed of q good share Of beauty.
She married Henri, Marquis de Sevigne,
with whom she passed the first two
years of her married life In Brittany.
Thence she moved to Paris. where she
was introduced at court and at once be-
came noted as one OF the clevePest
women of Paris. Her house in Paris,
designed by the marquise herself, con-
tained several novelties. It had long
windows that extended to the floor
seen there for the first time-which are
now known as French windows. In
stead of the usual red hangings Of the
period. she had her own apartments
done in blue, which was also q new
lQed IN interior decorating IN LnoSe
days.
The Marquis de Sevigne was killed in
q duel. leaving q widow Just past
twenty-five and two children. Charles
and FRANCHISE. The marquise never re-
married. but devoted her life to the
good OF her children and TO the art
which made her famous-letter writ
ing. The first of these wonderful let
ters was written before her marriage
as replies to the letters OF q rejected
suitor. but It was the letters she wrote
to her daughter FRANCHISE which rank
the highest. This daughter. who was
exceedingly beautiful and was married
young. received during her separation
from her mother letters which have
made the name Sevigne forever famous.
But the daughter did not well merit
this honor. for she painfully neglected
her gifted mother. When at the age
of seventy Nine. de Sevigne lay dying
of smallpox. her daughter would not
20 near her FOR fear of exposing her
self to the dread disease. As II by an
act OF punishment for this piece of
filfal neglect the beautiful daughter
nine years later died of the same
tcOsdsht. lsis)
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
What a Woman Does.

II was not many years ago when the
vacations which a woman might enter
were limited to two or three. A lady
might, if need arose. teach school. She
might be a companion to some decrepit
old woman. or she might be governess
in some ones nursery. Oh, yes, there
was needIework. too. She might put her
ewes out at fine sewing for a miserable
nittance and still retain her standing.
Rut now-especiany within the last four
or five years-times have changed to an
amazing degree. In fact, the smarter
the set in which a woman moves and
has her being the more daring she seems
TO be in her choice of a profession When
esrls' daughters open up dressmaklng
establishments in London and queens OF
American aristocracy run dog Kennels
when daughters Of Mayhower ancestry
make fortunes as candy manufacturers
and the proud women of the FIRST tami-
lies of virginia" turn their ability to ac-
count as professional dance directors
then it is easy to see that the old order
has indeed changed.
The present way of looking at the mat
fer is that business or profession OF any
honest sort is suitable for any woman.
The old notion Of the 'genteelness OF
certain sorts Of work has about gone
lovadays il a woman is thrown on her
own resources she shows her blue blood
not by what she is not willing to do
not by the skill with which she conceaie
the fact that she is working for liV-
inr-but by the eagerness and enthu-
sissn with which she works at her
cbosan lob"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
LOAF SHRINKING;
COST MAY JUMP
Bakers Cut Weight to Be-
tween IL and 10
Ounces.
IS TALK OF CONFERENCE
Confab Prophesied to Decide on Pro-
posed Boost to E Cents
in Washington.

High prices Of wheat have resulted
in Washington consumers receiving sew
eraI different weights of bread loaves.
Investigation at several bakeries yes
terday showed that bread was being sold
in loaves weighing from twelve to six
teen ounces, the full pound being put
out by but few establishments.
Bakers generally are perfectly honest
about declaring the weight of their prod
ucts, weighing the bread on standard
scales for the customer, if it is so de-
manded. They claim that with the
loaf even at that weight, their profits
are practically nil.
Wholesale flower, in car-lot shipments,
is quoted at S and more a barrel. F1uc-
tuations in the wheat markets, with the
strong tendency toward even higher fig
ures, have made the future uncertain for
bakers, it is stated.
Afraid to Increase Price.
The general sentiment seems to be that
if one baker would announce an advance
to six cents a loaf and cry, Come on in,
the waters fine," a splashing Of nearly
all District proprietors would follow.
But apparently no one has the courage
to take the first plungs. Competition
is keen, they claim.
The 4-cent bakers are being watched
by the Scent bread makers closely. If
the former advance the wholesale quota
ton to cents, the Scent bakers will
go to 4 cents.
One baker predicted that a conference
Of District bread manufacturers will
be held shortly, when questions Of
whether a general advance by all shops
will be made or a unanimous reduction
in weight, not lower than twelve ounces
will be decided.
J. H Sherman, superintendent Ct
weights, measures and markets, declared
yesterday that with the exception OF one
or two popular brands Of bread, the
seventeen District bakers of whom he
has been keeping a detailed record, are
putting out loaves weighing from twelve
to thirteen ounces.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
To Remope Blotchy,
Rough or Chapped Skin

To remove roughnessx chaps, freckles,
blotches, or any complexion difficulty. The
best thing to do Is to remove the skin II
pensIyely done by the application Of ordi-
narv mercolized wax, procurable at any
drug store In the original one-ounce pack
age. The wax absorbs the detective outer
skin. a little each day, gradually bringing
the. second layer Of skin TO the surface
The pores are unclogged and the face
breafhes In the llfe-giving oxygen The
new sl<In Is beautifully soft and spotless,
bearing the healthy glow OF youth. Just
applv the wax as you would cold cream.
of,iy not rubbing II In. In the morning
wash II on with warm water. It's the
most effective compeexion treatment
10 remove wrinkles It Is good plan
to bathe the face once a day for awhile In
a harmless solution made BY dissolying an
ounce of powdered saxolite In a half pint
OF yfftch hazel. There Is nothing that VIII
30 surely erase the hateful hnea-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05

Miss Marshall has spent much
time investigating the opportu-
mites for women In various lines
Of work and Il now giving the
results of this Investigation to
the women of Washington, as she
has already given It to women In
many other cities. II you are
puzzled about the line of work
for which you are best suited,
the preparation required, the
chances for success, the money
returns to be expected and the
experience of Other women in the
same line, read these articles
which are to appear In the
Woman's Herald every Friday. II
they do not fit your particular
case, state your problem to Miss
Marshall and she will gladly give
IL her personal attention. Misc
Marshall cannot undertake to Sc
cure employment for any enc.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05

sociation. An exemption from the rule
recently enforced that cars cannot be
parked in H street northwest between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets will be
asked in favor OF physicians attending
patients at George Washington Hospital.
The fifteen-minute time limit will be
taken up with a view toward lengthening
the period for which a car may be left
standing in front Of q store or off1ce
building In the business section.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
FIELD WEDDING IS POSTPONED.
Bride-to-be Stricken Suddenly and
Ceremony Is Delayed.

Chicago. Feb. 4.-The wedding Of Mar
shall Field. I'd, to Miss Evelyn Marshall,
Of New York. which was to have taken
place quietly yesterday in New York,
has been postponed owing to the illness
Of the bride-to-be.
This information came today in tele-
gram from the prospective bridegroom to
his aunt, MRS. Henry Diblee, of 100 Lake
Shore Drive.
Mr.. Fields telegram did not state the
nature or seriousness of Miss Marshall S
illness, nor did it give the date of the
wedding.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
GETS $50; MUST PAY WIFE 500.
Brokers' Interest in september
Morn" Photos SHays Court.

New York. Feb. 4-Although George W.
Thompson earns only $50 a month in COM
missions as a Wall Street broker. he must
pay his wife 500 a month alimony, ac-
cording to a court order entered today
by Supreme Court Justice Davis.
Thompson testified that the war in
Europe had cut down his income almost
to the vanishing point, but Justice Davis
apparently was swayed in his decision
by the showing Of some photographs Of
Miss Sybil Bernhard as September
Morn" in which Thompson was shown
to have been interested.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
MILLINERY?

One of the Three or Four Most Lu-
crative Vacations at Present Open
to Women-The Training Even a
Born MiIIiner Needs-Pay Appren-
6eeships and No-pay Apprentice
ships and the Advantages Of Both
Systems-Positions Open to the Girl
Who Has Finished Apprenticeship.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
DATE FOR HEARING SET.
Commissioners Will Hear Com
plants on Street Rule Feb. IS.

The District Commissioners yesterday
decided on Thursday morning. February
Is. at 10 o'clock. as the date for the hear
ing on trafic regulations restricting the
parking of automobiles on downtown
streets, which has been requested by the
Retail Merchants Association and a
number of citizens.
Special committees will be present rep
resenting the merchants association and
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05

lAlth Eskft'DlNfs lt''l''.'--
CANNED CHERRIES. fbANOI 'O'NIE =
Baked eggs-Soak two scant cupfuls OF
Tread crumbs in two cupfuls OF milk
c,.,.,.,,iobt ami season with salt and pep
rrr In the, morning add two tablespoon
ruIs nf melted butter. beat well and pour
into shallow baking dish. WIN
spoon make six depressions in this toun-
datir1 thr siz of an egg and drop an
egg in each depression. Bake twenty
minutes. , -.
Crvamcd cabbaCe-Put two CYPRUS ol
.,,,,I,,i ,.aII,arc coarseIv chopped. in a
r,rbyr boiler. season with salt and pepper
ard add a cuprul Of white sauce COOK
twenty minutes and serve very hot.
Peanut coollies-Cream a tablespoonful
rr rrticr and two of sugar and add a
v.lI-hratcu egg. two tablespoonfuls OF
milk a pinch Of salt. two cupfuls OF
chopped peanuts. half cuPtul OF nour
and half "A teaspoonful Of baking powder
Roll into thick sheet, cut and bake IN
a hot oven.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
Rillie Burke Under Knife.

New York, Feb 4-NIiss Billie Burke,
who in private life is Mrs. Florenz Zieg-
field, jr, is reported tonight to be recov-
ering rapidly from the effects of an ope-
ration she underwent last night in a pri-
Vate sanitarium here. She expecs TO
return to Boston Monday and resume
her place as leading woman in the cast
Of Jerry" in which she was playing.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
win Disouss asafetH First.n .

The Safety First movement VIII oe
explained to residents Of Piney Branch
by william r. Peabody, president Of the
washington Safety First Association. IN
the Iowa Avenue Methodist Church to-
night. +. w. Fitzpatrick also win apeaE
Both taIks win be illustrated.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05

The Dominion Textile Company,
Limited, has reopened its ten cotton
mills in Halifax and other cities OF
Eastern Canada. This means employ
ment for 1000 persons. p.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
Citizens to Erect Town Hall.

President c. A. Barker, Of the Randle
Highlands Citizens Association, has
named the following committee to have
charge Of the proposal to erect town
hall in that suburb: H. T. L. Hoyle,
chairman: Col A. z. Randle, T. W. Nc
Cubbin, J. R. Coryell and 8. 2. Snyder.
This committee Is organizing a stock
company to finance and assume the re-
sponsibility Of the proposition. to draw
plans for the structure, and to superin-
tend its erection.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
Wants APPROXIMATION Reduced.

Reduction OF an appropriation for the
Census Bureau by $4,000 was requested
yesterday by Secretary Redfeld. OF the
Department Of Commerce. The appropri-
alton was made to complete the taking Of
a census of manufactures.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05

EEypt's cotton crop is being bought
up by government agents.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
BREAKFAST.
DINNER.

POTATO SOUP.
,.,r>rn HEEF BOILED POTATOES.
rREAMED CABBAGE.
SPINACH SALAD.
RREAD PUDDING
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bomorrow' s J1enu

THAT last cherry soothes a roughness
OF my palate"
BREAKFAST.
ORANGE JUICE.
BAKED EGGS.
poTIS COFFEE
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05

Victoria, n. g W., now has over
5000 factories, employing over u.s.
900 persons.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05

Zanzibar yearly imports about
S143,000 worth of refined sugar.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05

wants to have a millinery shop Of her
own in good stead.
Copyright, by Mary MarshalD.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05

Next Friday Miss Marshall will talk
about kindergarten teaching as a voca-
ton for women.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
HOROSCOPE.
Friday, February 8, 1915.

THE stars incline. but do not compel
The Washington herald., 1915-02-05
LUNCHEON.
2AEED BEANS

RAKED. BEANS.
pNRkERHOUSE ROLLS.
TANNED CHERRIES fbANIl NO'NiL d
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-17
To King Albert
and the BelgianS

That remarkable collection of tributes
by writer's, composers and artists to the
herosm of Belgium, king Albert $
Book" has at last been printed for Amer
lean circulation by iearst's International
Library Company. Like all such compo-
stlons, 1t was bound to contain mix
ture of good and not so good; but the
average is high Though Shaw, Barrie
and Wells are lacking, the editor, Hall
Caine, has acquitted himself remarkably
well of what must have been no easy
task. His only lapse in good taste seems
to have been the reservation for the last
place Immediately following his own
sonnet, of a note from Maeterlinck ad-
dressed to the editor and praising his
preface.
The authors carry off the glories.
Arnold Bennett has a vivid little sketch ;
CEesterton makes n characteristic contri-
button, in which the Germans are de-
scribed as converting Belgium into the
largest window in the world. Both VIM
ston Churchills are present surrounded
by all the political notables of England.
Men whose excellent work is seldom seen
by English eyes, Bracco and Donny, for
instance, grace the pages. Ellen Key and
Jack London are both present. Roman
ROLAND and Rostand touched the heiEhta
for France. And If we proceed further
down the index we encounter Il. IL.
Sothern, our own actor as well as Sir
Herbert Tree, the English player
Debussy, Elgar German and Mes
sager have contributed music to the glory
of the Belgians. Backham, Dulac, our
own Flagg, Gibson and Fisher have drawn
Belgium's sorrow or Belgiums defiance
II Is only a pity one or two artists
merely turned some painting on another
subject over to the editor with dedica-
tion. But the intent Is there still' the
wish, the inspiration. 1t is all BelGium's
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The Pen and the Sword

Mr.. Warwick Deeplng mas never quite
fulfilled the promise of his luther and
Igraine," His latest novel, Marriage
by Conquest" Mcbride, Mast & Co.,
New York;. however, measures nearer
his best achievement than any of the
intervening stories. once 1t seemed as
IL MIR. Deeping were to be another Maui
rice Hewlett. but that possibility has
passed.
None the less. in Marriage by Con-
quest" we have a dashing romance OF
sussex squires in a gallant, older day,
The period is realized in historical detail
and social manners; indeed, here, as in
luther and Igralne," Mr.. Deeping seems
to have the faculty of interpreting the
moods of other days I'm terms OF ours.
"Marriage by Conquest" is not his
torical romance in strict classification;
rather II is a comedy of manners IN nc
zion form, of the time of hard-drinking.
hard-hitting gentry. The plot reduced
10 simple outline is an exposition OF Bul-
wer I,ytton's phrase. 1.-THE pen Is might
Ter than the sword" A burly squire Is
vanauished in the contest for the hand
Of the lovely widow of Shenstone by a
mere scholar But that isn't all there
is TO IL, for there are passages mllitaht
and passages sentimental in the course
Of this swiftly and viyidly told pook-
sword-pIay, strange oaths' sentimental
scenes galore.
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The New Books

A Hst Of books received for rarietC.
More ertensiUe comment icll De maae on
chose tUhose importance t0drrdnts Jurther
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THE afETrrY CRY OF PLEASURE. BY Arnold Ben;
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pages $l,s5. George II. Doran Company
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Needham. with an introduction by Connie
Mack, Mass are fan proof and diamond Wise
$40 pages $1.25. Doubleday, PAGE & Co.,
TGB GfJdSaE NE% wy SwSSRhtD-RELIGIoN. BY Josiah
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PoESis. BY Maurice Maeterfinck.. Transa-
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TODAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

"goeE Ellnger 1894 Filbert st. and Elizabeth
49, siiFhurst, 3OOD Brandywine ST,
NaaAH..M NaH MstoEach, 25iO Salmon ST., and Anna
Afy NJ II Ladner. as N. 5th ST.. and Marie
VI helleF, 5i1 N. Tth st.
"paieeihy Lalat 34i0 Mercer st., and Mslgazata
ysalnkoska, 32i4 Miller st.
-sS99o I'D Nlsnewski, 1853 Bermuda ST., and Cath
lsdnle horoWska, 2I43 Plum st.
cihss1 banka, 2350 Orthodox st., and Helena
CSonssllns Ih, 23sl Orthodox st.
EEia5snna Lysek. 1873 N. warnock ST.
Fe5Ia%m1asGd Balm, Ball 20 8. 9TH St, and Annie
sisgPh s5Pah kinsey, 1905 n, WsFuock ST., and Iso-
epnsh MeConaghy, Washington Hotel Tth and
etobP 9in an ST. and Katherine Moore, 3s11 Pow
waiter shs , q Cousineau. cristobal. Canal Zone.
sg1sph WoodaTd, 1910 N. 9th ST., and Anna
LeaSis@l ztZN Columbia ave.
ny held, 8fi N. Lawrence st., and Anna
Aeesliuy' southeast corner Tth and Federal sts.
GaIInn Nefnezi 2i2S S. 9th st., and Fannie
ssoildshsTg 1884 S. 9th st.
Ii. PsdRss{ ia99 Ie15tsFsoa st. ana P2Tosssgg &
fgHTest W; Dauphinse, 4sO3 N. 18th st., and
Henry y MccsSi NJ ASelong, s4S 8 Allison e.; A,ns
las., ~, Mass, 2436 N. Howard 81.
essa rs 0Loughlin. '42t Napa st., and Mar
asksfet Glynn. eis1 Oyerbrook ave.
Rev Frederic w. Goodman. Portsmouth.
qhe,n.s,: and sara W Clark, New York city
Merchant 802i Walnut 81.
t7 y. Carter, ccnshohocken, Pa, and Mll-
William y Bseies 800 ozss'sfasa q So shd "a Elisabeth
stack, 215 Sigei 81
Aa'ser I. Rrona. 122U Anarlo st.. ana Grace
seAosnhut. 4oll aCrsshelm ave.
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Success for Our Young Men

Elmer T.. Ferris has translated Orison
SWEET Marden into terms of fiction and
the translation is called "The Business
Adventures of Billy Thomas" CThe Mac
milan Company. New York;. This book
should prove a good pony" to the great
keen-cyed young men whose ideal is
commerce not romance, and for whom
the popular weeklies provide Selling
talks eulogies of success and disserta-
tions on the value of advertising They
are so well cared for that they must be
many, and every one will delight in every
page of "'The Business Adventures of
BlllN Thomas" And they won't be
harmed eitker for the chapters will
cCunteract tendency OF this type to
arotheosize ]. Rufus WallIngford or some
of his rcplicas The chapters rccountinG
the young hero's success in populating
his pay envelope with additional dollars
from time to time, which Is not a bad
ideal at all If legtimately Consummated,
arc Informative and instructive, even in
spring for the especial public for which
tho book is designed 1t lacks graCes of
style. but its public will not care for
felicitous diction when 1t may be having
helpful hints on putting across bills OF
goods or be peekinG into the "psyChol-
ogy" of practical business. Even an
atrabilous reviewer of books, who
couldn't sell anything, can realize that
the principles and thcorems laid down by
MIR Ferris under their thin veneer of
fiction. sound logical. Doubtless the
practical person who mints common
sense into dollars will find them val
uably useful.
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Ruggles

Harry Leon Wilson's mastery of humor
has been proved again in "Ruggles of
Red Gap" doubleday, Page & COD.
About the first thing that comes to mind
in reading the book is the admission,
grudging at first, that ITS as funny as
Bunker Beam" the last book by this
author
The great American game of drawing
poker" was responsible for Ruggles, an
English valet, coming to the "Savannahs
of the States" or "The wilds of North
America" In brief, his master, the
Honorable George, lost him to a rich
American, whose wife had social aspra-
tions. She also happened to have a
cousin, Egbert. who needed polishing.
To Ruggles was intrusted the task of
doing it.
One of the most interesting discussions
in the book Is between the fair leader
of the Bohemian set and the brother of
the Honorable George. 1t concerns the
use of the double what" George.
calculating, used the single what" His
brother always said, what what"
OF course, there is a love interest in
the book, plenty of It. Mr.. Wilson might
have called his novel THE Making of a
Citizen" because Rugglcs takes out
naturalization papers long before he
reaches the 37lst page that ends the
book. There are also hints for the busi-
ness man who thinks of opening IL
restaurant