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The Washington times., 1915-09-20
Answers to Health
Questions

A. B. C.-Epsom salts ia said to re-
duce superfiuous flesh II two pounds ore
dissolved In a medium size tub Of water
for each bath. An EPSON salt bath
should be taken every morning to pro.
duce good results.
M. B.--Will you please tell me some
remedy for lice?
Wash the head in acetic acid. then
brush thoroughly: repeat this several
times.
T. f. A.-Are cigarettes Injurious to
the health? II so. is 1t the tobacco or
cigarette paper7
Yes. cigarettes are injurious to the
health. The paper usually contains
some form Of arsenic and the tobacco
contains nicotine. Why not avoid both
poisons by doing without the cigarettes? I?
Dr.. Htrshber0 DiH dns,cer question:
for readers Of this paper on medical.
hy0ienic and sdnitrtton subjects that ara
Of general interest. He tpiil not under-
take to prescribe or offer a6pice for In
dtvtdudl cases. Where the subject is not
OF general interest letters 4piU b. an.
stpered personally, u a stamped ana ad.
dressed envelope Is inclosed. address an
inquiries to Dr.. L. X. Hirshbero, coys
OF Tho Washington Tintes.
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4 N itching palm does not neces.
~ sarily mean the desire for q
L y bfibe. miserly yearning for
gold or O superstitious sign that
you are about to receive real money.
To the victor of old was given a palm
leaf. and perhaps, since the palm leaf
received its name from it's delineated
and nattened out resemblance 20 the
human palm. the quaint traditions
about gold and an itching palm grow
up from this. Again. the far Eastern
custom q Arabic and Jewish mer-
chants Of showing their palms when
gesticulating or making sales may have
had something to do with It,
Be all this as 1t may. the palm Of The
human hand often succumbs to curious
groups OF dermal disorders. several Of
unreal seven-year itch feel like a
pleasurable emotion. 1t is true that
some eruptions Of the palm do not itch
either In an actual or a metaphysical
sense. but are indications and signposts
Strange Skin Diseases.
DR.. Richard L. Sultan. OF Kansas City.
Mo-. has devoted much attention to the
various strange eruptions upon the
palms and is convinced that different
types Of eczema" from foods. tissue
complications and external poisons are
the most tormenting Of them all.
An itching palm In a surgeon. q chem
ist. a Photograph, a Gamer or any
other worker employed around preserv-
atives and pha calls for an
immediate search for formalin. formal
dehyde or some other such material
Although the x-rays sometimes cause
lnnammatory eruDtions upon the backs
OF the hands. occasionally these odd
conditions manifest their unpleasant
presence in the palms.
Fishskin disease. seen often In freaks
at the side shows. at times confines
itself to the palms. The dry, oilless,
crack!v scale. like the hide Of a fish, Ia
discovered both by Its appearance and
the fact that 1t may be inherited.
Strange to tell dandruff which is sup
posed to he limited to the scalp. offers
knowledge bv an intolerable itchin. in
the palms Since it is often an infec-
tious ailment. 1t Is more than a bare
possibility that paper money NAV thus
truly cause an itching palm
dip too often into the kitchen sink or
lies or alkaline soapsuds. are now and
again given to distempers Of the palm
which all Of the drugs in the pharma-
copeia cannot relieve.
Obviously. the conturer's trick in all
Of these palm p1aladies is to decipher
the writing on the flesh In terms Of
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
1T E TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE PAGj
Itching Palm Is Usually
Dernal Sign Of Disorder
Demanding Urgent Care
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERc
(Copyright lslb by NsAspa per Feature serrin. In.

their causes. II wassermsn or ,ther
noolned blood test points to q saneui.
Icy Iy origin. we'll and good. Then q
oennite treatment will effect a cure.
Some Odd Causes.
However. there are many disturbing
eruptions Of the palm which are pain.
1ui. itching. or mayhap burning or
otherwise. flling your feeling with an.
guish. which exclude the blood tests,
Inc causes for these must be sought in
the air. the earth. the food, and the
waters under and above the earth.
ontil the source Is found and up.
rooted local treatments. be they salves.
powders. fluids or antiseptics. needs
must be haphazard. hit-and-miss guess
work: A so-called eczema, so dag.
nosed by the best OF dermatoloEists.
turns out to be. at times, a ringworm.
Taking hold too often and too firmly
OF strap-hangers' supports in street
cars; rubbing the palms too often upon
public handles in toilets. in AUTOMOBILES.
on stairway banisters and balustrates.
may give rise to many palm affections.
Io use such supports only when abso.
lutely necessary and to apply immedi-
ately aftcrward some harmless anti
septic. such as boric acid powder, NAV
save you many disagreeabie hours.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
Grapes Offer Delicacy for September
High Sugar Content Gives Value and Tartanc
Acid Is Valuable Blood Action
BY MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
Copyright. 1915. by Newsp aper Feature Service


food product to be stored for WIN
ter use. Grapes can be kept in
cool temperatures. in sawdust, sand
or cotton. But more preferable
methods are to cook the grapes in
some manner. Canned grapes are
excellent; grape Juice Is being man
ufactured In more and more homes
each year, and grape Jelly still
holds its own with other pantry DEL
The Government Bulletin, No. It's,
on Home Manufacture of INFER
mented Grape Juice" shows how to
make an attra ctive. clear beverage.
Other ways of preparing grapes are
given In many cook books. The fol-
lowing are excellent;
Grape Catsup.
To each pints Of grapes allow I
ID. Of sugar, y pint OF vinegar, and
y ounce each ~ mace, cloves, and
cinnamon. Boil sugar and vinegar
u minutes;> heat the pulp and skin;
let them cool. then rub through
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colander and add to the vinegar and
sugar. cooking about Is minutes
more. Bottle and seal while hot.
Sweet Grape Pickle.
Allow lbs. Of sugar and I quart
OF vinegar to lbs. Of grapes. Tie
mixed spices. cloves, cinnamon.
mace mace and allspice in a thin bag and
cook with the syrup. Pour the
latter thick and boiling. on the
grapes. Pour off and reheat this
syrup and pour again on fruit for
z successive days; then seal.
French Raisine.
Use equal weight of grapes and
pears; wash, seed. and stem cranes:
then simmer IN little water until
sort; press through a colander and
add the pears, which have been
pared, cored, and sliced. but not
cooked Simmer and stir until thick.
thsn swestsn and place In lara
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Advice To
Girls
BY ANNIE LAURIE.

Dear Miss Laurie:-Kindly let
me know II 1t Is proper for a
young lady to call upon a male
friend who Is In the hospital? B.
= DON'T know that you would be
criticized adversely for visiting
i young man at the hospital.
but think It would be better
for you to 60 with a girl friend
or. better still. 60 with the young
mans mother II she happens to be
In town.
Dear Annie Laurie: I am in
love with a young man and he
seems to think a lot Of me. He
told me he loved me. but for
some reason or other he won't
come to the house often. He
tells me he does not 60 with
other girls. Ono thing I have
against him him is that he takes q
thought I would ask your ad.
vice II you could tell me what
to do to break this bad habit
Of his.
He is a fine young man in
every other way. Is there any
way I could get him to come to
with him every day. Do you
think he would give up drink
Ing after l married him?
WORRIED.
Now. Wcrried, be very careful how
soon you become engaged to this
young man. First Of ali, why won't
ne come to your house? As I have
said so often in this column, a girls
mouse Is the correct place for her to
ture shows nor street corners. Even
though you are employed in the same
place. you will scarcely use office
ume FOR carrying on any conversa-
tions you desire.
Next, there is his drinking. You
say that he takes a drink now and
then; How do you know It's only
"a drink. and not four or FIVE? Then
how about the now and them"
How often does this mystic time oc-
cur! Find out from someone who
knows him intimately how strong a
hold the drink habit has on the man.
The question is not so much whether
he Is able to control his desire FOR IL
AND as for the other matter, tell
him that you won't see him any
where outside OF your own home. II
he would do IL you were married and
he had to come into constant assoc
citation with your people.
Dear Miss Laurie-I have met
n Dos WIZ 10 very nice In eyerv
respect. l have heard that he
has sister who is mo good"
Do you think l will be talked
about II l continue going with
him? TESS.
First OF all. make sure that tho
young man Is all that he should
be. II he Is. you can try to forget
his sister. The only danger ia that
some meddling gossips may try to
oic
ton. However. II you are sure or
him and yourself, you need not let
Miss Laurie tofH Welcome letters OF in.
Wry on subjects of feminine interest
rom young toomen readers OF thts
dPer, and iofH reply to them in these
olumns. They should be addressed h
or care, this office. ~
CopyriGht, lalh Newsnanar Nina
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- ACH month seems to have a
- vegetable or fruit typical OF
1t. and II we were asked to
choose the upauimous. YER
dict Of September's vegetation, It
would surely be grapes.
Grapes contain. beside their de-
licious favored juice. a quantity OF
sugar and acid. The sugar content
OF the grape is considerable. and
accounts for the high food value CT
this fruit, The acid. found largely
next to the skin, is q tartaric, the
foundation OF many baking powders.
When taken into the system these
potash salts are at once absorbed
by the blood and serve to strengthen
kidneys. liver and intestines. In
deed. one might write a brief for
the grape as q medicine.
For the homemaker, the grape Of
tees . delicious dessert. or another
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| Know Not Whv

Darling. know not why such
pray and wait.
In glee:
have won their hate?
Mhat have you done,
You luckless one?
"hat nave ! done? (Forgive this
What have we done that hell shoua
find US here? ''ou'u
Darling. ! know not why such woe
should come:
I see you drroop and fade. What
This a,,mr' horror is-and I am helpless.
onlyui wiring my hands and weep
And pray to know
Why things are SO:
why we we who biameless. went about
Are scourged with nameless tortures
day by day?
Darling-I know not. but It seems
Twas ever thus, Remember. other
Twas Just the same. Vacation days
So cold they'd drive us all 70
frantic tears.
And then-alas!
Vacations pass,
ana ,ssS VINO n,aa, can fathom fate's relent-
When We came back twas ALWAYS
just this hot always
Miriam Teichner, in the ~ "
Siooe ana commercial Advertiser.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20

MISS Laurie tofH toelcome letters OF in
qnhy on subjects of feminine interest
from young ,toomen readers Of this
paper, and tofH reply to them In these
columns. They should be addressed to
her care, this office. ~
Copyright. 1915. Newspaper Feature servicel
The Washington times., 1915-09-20

4 N itching palm does not neces-
~ sarily mean the desire for q
Z a bfibe. q miserly yearning for
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
EnterpriSing!

The modern woman has grabbed
every masculine Job except that OF
selling the face for a smoking to-
naceo ad.-Don Marquis. In the
Evening Sun.
The Washington times., 1915-09-20
Seen In The
Shops

~ UTE the incest hosiery that
has yet been put on the
J market-according to its
enthusiastic wearers - Is
mat OF Italian silk manufactured by
a noted glove firm. Firm. too. Is
tne weave and charmingly sheer for
properly provocative effect. The
heels and toes are of the silk, too.
reinforced for additional wear. The
price Is $3.50 a pair.
squatty, nut dishes of Japanese
ware-rather lurid Of course-set in
aark baskets OF willow are a true
parGain at a local 10-cent store. At
least, the label says that they're
nut dishes, but Of course there are
quite few other possible, uses.
The price-l0 cents.
dainty Dresden lady. with
oouHant costume la Pompadour.
VIII smilingly assume charge of all
pms you stick into her for 25 cents.
compared with the maddening
ssameness OF an oblong cushion In
victorian architecture. the little lady
Is indeed a relief.
Information, giving the names OF
shops Uhtch carry the articles re-
LefTed 10 in these columns irtH De
!nrntshed on request. Kmdiu men.
ron date OF issue Uhen possible, ana
uddreaS "The Shonn., ~
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-10-20
CHURCH SOCIAL LIFE.
As the Autumn Season Comes On
These Plans Are Formulated.

AS the autumn season comes on,
the churches are formulating plans
for social life. The machinery for
this becomes more elaborate each
year. There are Boy Scouts, Girls
Clubs, young peoples nights, and
general socials and suppers for all
ages. The people who canvass for
food, set tables and wash dishes,
are honored for their unselfish devo-
ton. They do hard work. But prob
ably if all this life was to stop they
would find it very tedious hanging
around home.
This social life at the churches
brings together a lot of people who
otherwise would be very lonely. In
most towns today population shifts
rapidly. People do not live and die
in their tracks as they used to. A
large share of them are always
strangers in some new community.
They long for companionship.
The old time church social was not
very attractive to these lonesome
folks. People sat around in rows and
tried to smile. Awkwardly and la
boring under an overpowering sense
of duty, they went over to new peO-
pie and talked about the weather.
Strangers in new place make
real friends, only by entering togeth-
er into some form of work or diver
sion. One would get better acquaint-
ed in half a dozen rehearsals Of an
amateur play than by attending sit
around socials five years. Games
are equally effective. The deacons
and the ministers are becoming con-
vinced that you can't attract people
merely by offering jackstraws, It'd
dle-deowinks, and authors. Some
churches go farther than others. But
as a general thing, any game that is
Legitimate for Christian to play in
his home is legitimate for the church
parlor.
When strangers come to new
place, they must expect to go little
more than half way. Some of them
will attend a church two or three
times and then quit because no one
called on them or scarcely any one
spoke to them. If they will signi-
fly their desire to perform some ser
vice. instead of seeking merely to
receive attention, they will make
friends fast enough.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-10-20

miner in the coal mines at Castle
conner. One stormy night he saw
his only daughter, beautiful girl
of eighteen, leave his house. There
was a flash of lightning, as he saw
her enter a coach with a man who
had won her affection. There was
another flash, more vivid than the
first, and he saw no more. In that
awful moment of anguish he lost
his sight. For two years he and his
faithful wife tramped Ireland,
from the Giants Causeway to Cape
Clear. hoping some day to find their
Nora. One of the dramatic moments
of the play is the meeting, after
years, of the blind piper, his wife
and daughter.
Mr.. O'Hara will be surrounded by
carefully selected cast of alpable
players who comprise: Mabel Juline
Scott, Marie Quinn, Anna Nichols,
Mary Downs, Lisle Bloodgood, Eliza
Mason, VIM. J. Morgan, ]. P. Sulli-
van, James Edwards, Henry Duffy, j.
r. Miller and VIM. T. Sheehan.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-10-20
superintendent of Public instruction
A. M. DeyOe is Pushing the
Proposition and Has
Mailed Instructions
to the County
Superintendents.
EDUCATION SHALL NOT
LAG IN COUNTY DISTRICTS
County Superintendents Are Requir-
ed to Make Reports on the Work
in These Subjects Done
i'm Their Counties.

The teaching of agriculture
home economics and manual train
ing in one room rural schools will
not be permitted to lag by the state
superintendent of public instruction
A. M. Deyoe. He has mailed to the
ninety-nine county superintendent
their instructions in carrying out the
provisions of the law enacted two
years ago.
Mr.. Deyoe points out these rea-
sons to the superintendents for the
failure of teaching agriculture in
some schools.
Teaching text book agriculture
only.
2.-Teaching subjects which have
no application to their localities.
3.-Season sequence is not fol-
lowed.
4.-No field trips are taken.
5.-No experimental work is un-
'dertaken.
In the study of home economics
the department recommends that
cooking be required only in such
schools as the county superintendent
finds suitable. 1t is suggested that
a part of the work in cooking, where
taught, be the preparation of spe-
cial warm dish for the noon-day
lunch.
Mr.. Deyoe advises against the use
of basement for these industrial
subjects unless it be large enough to
accommodate the entire school, A
room set off from the regular room
with sliding door is the most suit
able plan, he thinks.
The county superintendents are
required to make reports on the work
done in these subjects by the schools
in their counties so that at the end
of the year the state department will
have a pretty good understanding of
what has been accomplished. After
the first years experiment the state
will be in position bet
ter to outline the work for satisfac-
tory results, Mr. Deyoe believes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-10-20
HOW BIG is $500, 900, 900?

Taking up the subject of the An
glo-French loan sapping this couI-
try of it's credit resources, an eastern
banking house has compiled q
statement as to just how big $780,
600, 900 is in this country. 1t is a
long statement, but the following
are a few of the comparisons:
Less than 1-360th Of our national
wealth.
Less than per cent of the bank
deposits.
Less than two years increase in
our savings banks deposits.
Less than 1-20th of the value OF
our farm products.
Approximately Is days increase in
our national wealth.
Less than 9 per cent of the value
of our farm animals.
Approximately one-half Of the in
crease in the foreign balance OF
trade for the year ending August
81, 1915.
Viewed in this light, United States
financial circles could make several
$500, 100000 credit loans without
straining the underlying resources.
Sioux City Tribune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-10-20

THE thing Iowa needs most is
legislation that will provide for the
making of roads that will stand the
strain of business use; such legisla-
tion as will allow for the building
of roads and paying for them a little
each year, over a period of years.
says the Waterloo Times Tribune.
THE money wasted on makeshift
construction in a period of twenty
years, would pay for hard surface
roads in we'll settled and travelled
localities. 1t is not contemplated
that the men of today pay for hard
surface road that will benefit the men
coming after them more, perhaps,
than it will them, but to make the
man who gets benefit in the future
pay his share-the burden, in other
words, must be borne by those who
derive benefits thru the years, equal
ly."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-10-20
Chicago Attorney For Packers Be-
fore Interstate Commission.
PROTEST ON RATE INCREASE
HAS BEEN REGISTERED
Advances Greatly Affect Iowa Ship
pers-Asks Commission to Fix
Equalized Rate For Hogs
and Products.

Something of the magnitude of the
Iowa hog business was described be-
fore the interstate commerce COM
mission at Washington last week. In
the course of arguments in the live
stock rate advance case, in which
counsel for live stock shippers ap-
peared to protest against proposed
increases by the roads, Attorney Wal
ter Mccormack, of Chicago, address
sed the commission in behalf of var
ious Iowa packing establishments.
For the Iowa packers Mr.. McCor-
mack protested against the advance
in rates on fresh meat and packing
house products, fresh and loose. He
pointed out that about 100000
hogs are raised in Iowa yearly and
that advances in rates affecting live
stock and products, especially hogs,
were of special Importance to the
state. One-sixth of the hogs of the
country were produced in Iowa, said
Mr.. Mccormack.
The point on which the Iowa pack
ing houses laid special emphasis was
need of fixed relationship of rates
between hogs and products. The
commission was asked to equaaize
the rates between hogs and hog pro-
ducts. 1t was pointed out that the
result of the present arrangement,
whereby lower rates were given hogs
than hog products, is that great
numbers of hogs are shipped for
slaughter to New York and Boston
and thus the Iowa packing plants
suffer.
Counsel for the shippers as
against the railroads in this case to
day made a strong showing and pick
ed some large holes in the railroad
arguments. The attorneys for the
shippers are hopeful, therefore, they
will win the case.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-10-20
THE WHITE LIGHT ON HIGH LIFE
Approaching Marriage OF President
Wilson Affords Tit-Rit for
Social Reporters

The approaching marriage oil
President Wilson will afford a rare
tit-bit for the social reporters. The
eager curiosity that followed presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland on their
wedding journey has long been re-
membered. No doubt the present
day sleuths will not be ouudone by
any predecessors. The leas, detail
of gossip will be eagerly printed, and
if facts can not be had, surmises sell
equally well.
The history of the prospective Mrs
Wilson will be written down to the
smallest item. A story on how she
behaved at school, her manner of
dancing, riding, playing tennis,
whether she can cook and keep
house or not, will sell at a remuner-
ative price to almost any metropoli-
tan newspaper. Her taste in dress
is special finish.
This insatiate curiosity seems
common to al races and people, to
both monarchies and republics. The
European royal families meet just
the same inquisition as our presi-
dents and it is no worse over there.
To many people. it is all very vul-
gar. Yet the critics will probably
read this stuff about the approach
ing wedding, and enjoy reading il
too.
In Washington the people are
said to become so used to seeing
presidents that they attract little at
tention on the street But the rest
of the country is mostly denied sight
and hearing of them. 1t is like be-
coming intimately acquainted with
a person through letters, but never
meeting him. There is human
desire to see what the ears and eyes
will tell you about him. Lacking
this chance in the case of the presi-
dent and his family, it is natural
enough to try TO form some mental
picture through the personal details
of their lives.
All the same the newspapers
should be decent, even in the face
of ravenous demand. 1t looks as
if the President and his bride would
dodge the hungry horde by honey
moon yachting trip. But that SIM
ply postpones the game until their
return.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-10-20
Don't Whine.

The county isn't going to the dogs
just because every farmer in Iowa
isn't going to get a bumper corn
crop. However, one would think so
to hear some people talk, thinks the
Thompson Courier. Forty and fifty
years ago the Iowa farmers were sat
isfied to get any kind of crop drive
from twenty to thirty miles to mar
ket, burn hay for winter fuel, fight
the Indians and grasshoppers and
many other things. In those days
they didn't hear a train whistle
twice year, and they didn't know
any more about driving an automo-
bile than Gthe writer knows about
the Irish navy. But they got along
some way and were so busy doing it
they had no time to whine like some
of them do today when the land is
flowing with milk and honey, drain
age bitches and automobiles.