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The Washington times., 1915-01-20
Standard Remedy
For Many Homes

Indigestion and constipation are
two conditions closely related and
the cause OF much physical suffer-
ing.
The tendency to indulge ones ap-
petite is general. SO that most peo-
pie suffer at some time or another
from rebellion of the 0vertaXed or
Gans of digestion and elimination.
A simple, pleasantly effective rem
edy that will quickly relieve the
congestion of poisonous waste and
restore regularity. is the combina-
ton of simple laxative herbs with
pcpsin, sold in drug stores under
the name of Or. Caldwelrs Syrup
Pepsin. This is a mild, pleasant
laXatiNc-tonic and digestant, abso-
lutely free from Opiates or narcotic,
drugs and has been the standard
household remedy in countless
homes for many years. \ free trial
bottle can he obtained by writing
to Dr.. w. n. Caldwell. 45e Washing
ton st, Monticello, III.
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Massage and Gymnastics
Replace Drugs AS Cures
For rheumatism TODAY
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.
tCopyr,sht 1915, Newspaper Feature s.ry,cc Inc,

IN unity there Is strength, perhaps.
but in sticking together there may
lurk a danger not easily overcome.
The feet. the hands, the eyelids. the
upper and the lower Jaw are born for
corporation. yet there is such q thing
as too much cohesion.
Too much cohesion or unity Is like eK-
cesses In anything. The price is ineffi-
cheney and serious damage. The STA
mese twins separately or In a disjointed
union might have become effective
workers OF one kind or another. Held
rigidly together a. they were. disaster
to one spelled disaster to the other. To
grow together like a double cherry.
seemingly parted. yet united in parti-
tion. 10 not the crowning glory It might
be. Two souls with but single thought
or two hearts that beat as one are in
imical to health. happiness, and prog
ress. unless tho unity Is In one thought
and a few beats, and not In all points.
The relevancy Of all this applies par
ticularly to the Joints Of the living. hui
man frame. While the necessity always
exists for q linkage Of one joint with
another. any excess of such attach
ment. such as stiffness. rigidity. or loss
OF mobility takes away the very purpose
for which a Joint is created.
When the ends Of two bones meet
they must not come in actual contact.
Should this occur. the friction which
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that its qualifications on a large
scale will touch almost every branch
Of human endeavor.'
Suddenly. with true womanly grace
she. leaned forward confdingly and
whispered. II hate figures" We
were astonishcd. but at the same
time relieved. for Mrs. Julian Heath
presented herself no longer as
coldly calculating economist, will
ing to do things rightly or wrongly
no matter what the general result
was. just because the figures hap
thorough woman. ready to 10 after
any proposition regardless ~ fig
ures.' and merely because she hap
pened TO know that she was right
Finger On Nations Pulse.
She has her finger on the great
pulse Of the nation. the home life.
and she is in no financial position as
president of the housewives league,
to spend years in the collection of
drv figures. She merely sends out
letters to her network Of leagues.
asks. why. when. and where. and
the letters come flying back. miracu-
ously alike. and carrying orders
from which there 10 no escape nor no
need OF statistics.
w HeHeNeT, ds sIe ulu OH tnlS Trip
to Washington. she needs those
hated figures in order to push her
theory down the throat Of some I'M
usually hide e-bound standpatter Of
a man. she boldly goes to the De-
partment of Agriculture. tells them
what she wants. and what she
knows to be the economic situation.
The Department Of Agriculture. per-
haps. has not realized that the con-
'lition is pertinent, and the figures
have not been marshaled for this
particular comparison before. But
they are brought out and submitted
to Mrs Heath They back up her
idea most sourdly, and with them
she marches forth to convince that
man who wanted figures.
What were the hated figures that
you sought out today" we asked.
and in answer Mrs. Heath unfolded
a paper which she had been holding
in her hand.
It's all about the waste in -four"
she said. IF this isn't interesting
| don't know what is. / knew that
there must be some way of getting
at this problem of shortage in flour.
1t seems terribl. that we may have
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tcration OF staple and fancy gro
ceries. and of fabrics. The. time has
come" here she moved her right
hand. for the housewives to realize
through organization.
"It is our bread that the bakers
bake. 1t Is our laundry that the
laundries wash. it Is our preserves
sample will show you what ! mean.
When all women realize this there
will be concerted movement and
q process Of organization which will
again bring the housekeeping. job
back into the home, this time. how,
ever. it will be n directing instead
OF an actual making business"
Changed Recipe For Soup.
Some time ago the manufacturer
Of a prominent brand Of soups came
to me with complaint. The
Housewives League has guaranteed
my goups.' he said. and l have CO.
operated with them In every way
for their betterment. Still, in many
localities. my soups are not sold.
They stand on the shelves, and
really inferior soups are chosen.
Can't you help me out? ] promised
him that l would do what I could.
and sent out circular letter to the
Housewives League in New York.
asking what soups they used. and
why. The answers came back that
they used this or that brand, be-
cause they did not like the other
soups Then another letter followed
asking for specific reasons for the
dislike attached to the certain
brand.
They arc too highly spiced and
we don't like them.'' was the an
swer took the manufacturer. lie
was delighted and changed his
recipe slightly. notified the house
wives Of New York. and now no Is
more than merely contented with
his sales. The whole answer IL
plain.
This is our soup. and it ts for the
housewife to say how she wants it,
what shall go into 1t, and in what
manner 1t shall be sent to her door.
Through organization only ran
We bring about the proper relation,
and bring the house wtfes job back
into her own hands again. House
keeping Is going to be profession
as 1t never was before. and such an
absorbing. interesting profession
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Modern Women Getting Back on Their Jobs
Says Mrs. Heath, Housewives League Founder
Bread Baked BY Bakers,
Clothes Washed BY Laun-
dries, Preserves Put Up BY
Factories, Responsible For
Increase in Cost of Living.

to pay 10 cents a loaf. We ought
never be let export any but surplus
flour. and should never have any
waste. The Federal Government. as
the father of the housekeeping
branch OF the nation. should control
the export OF flour. Now a. to the
waste"
$75O,0OO,00O Lost In Flour.
In the hands Of men. there has
been lost, ct the very least. $3.50. 90
annually in -four! Can We af-
ford to do that? All because they
have waited for tho figures. and
haven't done what We women
would have done long ago-lined the
barrels.
They export sugar in lined barrels.
why not flour? We consume
confdentially. Il hate figures"
added, soto voce, as she began to
laboriously read off the numbers
we consume 1O0.oOO.oo0 barrels Of
-four annually. Now. taking only
one-quarter pound leakage to q bar
rel. and that is small. We have
25,oOo.oo0 pounds lost in a year. At
3 cents a pound, that makes $780,
600 that men have annually
thrown away by not having lined
barrels. When bread is 10 cents a
loaf VIC should think about that
waste, women would have thought
Of It long before. but they were not
yet quite up to their new house,
keeping job. and a little confused by
the fact that their old one was lost"
We then timidly vouchsafcd an
inquiry about servants. for it seemed
that II anyone could speak with
authority on the servant question 1t
would be Mrs. Heath. She had her
answer on the tip of her tongue
and was only too glad to put away
the figures.
Don't say servant problem, she
acmonished That !: just where
We women show our Ignorance. 1t
~ labor problem, and only when
We come to regard it as such will
we be capable Of solving it."
Must All Be Educated.
We must let this labor phase Of
housekeeping take care Of itself. We
housewives must be educated up to
our jobs before we can expect any
efficiency from anyone else
1T will work in this manner.
Women first begin to dictate to the
manufacturers as to how they want
THEIR food served up. This will
bring them in contact with labor in
industry"
I'VE will begin to think about the
minimum wage, as a mass. eight
hour laws. and all OF those matters
which touch upon labor in industry.
And then when we have learned
through experience, we cannot go
home and make a maid work for
twenty-four hours a day for a few
dollars a week and not feel like
idiots. So we will pay more, and
have less time. but demand skilled
workers, in order that the work be
done. In this way We will be ready
tor our new labor problem which is
the old and the skilled worker In
the home, because OF demand, viii
become a reality"
The woman of today. therefore,
has a pleasant outlook. Lots OF hard
work but recompense in the end. ac-
rordinG to Mrs. Heath. Speak up.
Mrs. Housewife. and be factor IN
the new housekeeping. II you don't
know what to do. nor how to do 1t in
order that you may assist. ask Mrs.
Heath
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ed 10 swim as a very little Girl at
.n'n united Mary. m frightfully scary,
hSappose hap every man knows how to swim
because ne runs away from his mother
ana goes into every pond he can When
ne Eoungster, but girl doesn't
and that's why it's so hard for bcr 70
'earn, rii: she waits until she's grown NM
ms generation doesn't" | laughed
People are waking up and tcacbin1
ooSs ana girls alike to swim
Keeping Under Water.
WELL said Mary. fatty, ..before
Went IN this morning | thought if was
aosoiuteiy essential for everybody to
SWIM but I've thought it out: and
rcter. II was on boat in lnid-ocean
Keep me aioat just as long as INV OWN
efforts. wouldn't it?'' Wv"
Longer admitted. for van
couldn't swim to shore"
suppose. reflected Mary. I'D have
to hang on to the terrible white don"b- :
nut OF cork until | starved to death
And If ! fell overheard near shore. a
ire preServer would keep me up until
somebody came"
Granted" l suggested. that YOU had
life preservcr" For Mary seemed TO
be taking it for granted that the sea
would be mercifully hung with life pre-
servers for all possible victims "By
Ihe way, where's young Jaynes' life
Mary squeaIed.
"Oh, Peter" she said, when | be-
gan to tumble about there ! let 60 and
l do believe-it foated out TO sea
Nice return, isn't 1t. for his courtesy
ana Kindness in running up to his room
and getting it,
We can buy him another. III tele-
phone him after lunch. I'm awrully
sorry; but, Peter. was so scared
It's odd YOU and he didn't notice II
floating out to sea"
Mary and ! had been hnching in our
room. For Mary's nerves were slightly
on edge from her swimming lessons
The telephone rang. | answered il. Ii
| was young Jaynes himself, inquirng
with laugh. for the life prescrvcr
which belonged 10 his niece.
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The Washington times., 1915-01-20

The first game between two local
woman's college teams took place at
Gallaudct gymnasium last Satur-
day. when the Kendall Green girls
played George Washington Cniversl-
~. The score was - to u in favor
of the G. W. l.. Both sides used
the open game that the girls
teams of the present have adopted
from the mems style of play. Gal
laudct did especially we'll in long
passes. frequently sending the ball
from guard to forward In one shot.
If individual honors are to be award
cd, they would so to Miss Sebold,
left forward and captain for George
Washington, and 10 Miss Keeley.
left guard for Gallaudet. Miss Sci
bold scored 20 points for her team
on Is field goals and 3 goals from
fouls, While the right forward, Miss
Reeves. made 4 field goals. Miss
keeley did some excellent passing
and was remarkably quick in cov-
ering Miss Seibold. Each of the
Gailaudet forwards made three field
Wlrd. made one goal from foul.
The game was played in three ten
minute periods. 1ne heaviest scor-
ing vas done then, the University
team making 10 points. In the last
two periods. Galfaudet gained in
confidence, and did some brilliant
team playing. The George Wash
ington guards, Miss Tyndall and
Miss Craig. frequently came to the
rescue when the Gallaudet forwards
threatened to score, returning the
ball 10 their own territory. The game
as whole was fairly free from
fouls and the passing was so good
that the ball seldom touched the
floor.
The members of the teams were:
George Washington-Miss Seibold
and Miss Reeves. forwards: Miss
Field, center; Miss Hotchklss. side
center; Miss Tyndall and Miss
Craig. guards.
Gallaudet--Miss Fowler and Miss
Nuta, forwards; Miss Harper,
center, Miss Watts. side-center.
Mis- Necley and Miss Nelson.
guards
Th" warager of the Gallaudet
team has arranged games with
som" Of the known girls
teams Of this CitN. Since Central
IS tn" "Nl, high school that plaVs
Teams outside the school, a num-
her of private schools OF Washing
ton ar trying 10 arrange their
oaies so that they may play the
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Have Been Consumers Only
Since "Grandrnother"
Passed, She Declares, But
Organization Will Put
Them All in Producing
Class.
BY FLORENCE f. YODER.

''fhcy say that we have been pff
on" Jobs for n long time.
well, as Il matter Of fact we have,
but We are going to get OH to them
now and hold them down for good
and all.
Mrs. Julian Heath. founder and
nat 'onal president of the House
wives League. maslc this statement
today in an interview, and the ''job'
of whi' II she spoke was no other
chan ono Of the oldest professions
on carth. the housekeeping business.
'Wn arc coS,g TO 10 it through
organization said Mrs. Heath. She
is The most smiling good-naturcd
person imaginable. and capability
has stamped her features with Il
iirn,nrss that knows TO dallying or
intrcp'dity. She stands ready to
tackl" any problem OF this now
household economics. and is thor
ouGhlr grounded in the measures
necessary for the legislation OF man
ufaCt,rcrs in the cause of the now
housekeeping. She also told how
the servant problem was going to
work out right in the end after the
housekcepcr had learned to manage
her own new housekeeping job to
satisfaction.
Nv" women arc not to be blamed
for not being on our Jobs for some
time she continued. The past
years have been a period Of forma-
ton, II period of chaos as all forma-
tir" periods necessarily are. Now ii
YOU will Just come with me for a
moment. mentally, and go back to
the tine of our grandmothers,
think that 7 can explain the situa-
ton AS it, stands today"
Both Producers and Consumers.
She laid both hands down fiat on
the table. and smiled brightly. Nov
ing her left hand. she said: Here
We have tho time OF our grand
mothers. Then we were the pro-
ducers and the consumers, too.
We produced only as much as We
consumed. Now We have been for
many years merely the consumers
The producing job was taken from
us. But through organization We
mean to bring the reins back into
job again.
Our grandmothers spun and cook
ed, and our grandfathers sslnted
and had mills on small scale.
Only that which was needed was
produced. and turned into finished
commodities by the people them
selves But as the new country grew
manufactures sprung up. new meth
DDS oe industry made home work
unnecessary. and before long all OF
the former home tasks were taken
out and done by some one or some
thing else. The consumer who had
been the producer. had little or moth
ing to say about the home products.
and we bought that which was given
us.
AS a result. here We are today
confronted with a huge economic
problem, and badly educated to cope
with II. The housewife has just be-
gun TO learn that the products are
still hers. even If she does not act
ually aid in the process of their
production.
I'm the gap OF years following the
time when the woman was the pro-
ducer. housekeeping on huge scale
was ushered In, minus the help OF
the woman. SO We have all sorts Of
bogies. High prices. bad foods. adul-
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Peters Adventures in Matri1nonv
By LEONA DALRYMPLE.

ND Mary insisted at lunch
n that day that she had nearly
y drowned.
You MAJ say what YOU
please, Peter" she said, people do
drown in foot of water Why. dear
me. f've even heard of people drown
ing in q bath tub. And 7 did go down
for the third time. II 1t hadn't been
tor you and MIR. Jaynes swimming
In SO quickly and dragging me to my
feet that way I'd be dead now-I know
it,
Clearly, the possibilities of tragedy
appealed to my wife. With ma rit al
calm, ! smashed them.
Mary Is Nervous.
You were merely scared to death"
! said. and in absolutely no danger.
The whole truth was that you were
in too shallow water. Nou'l lose your
footing in shallow water where you
wouldn't possibly lost It in deeper
water-and once you lose 1t It's hard to
regain it, You must remember that
" YOU have confidence you cant sink
You cant even keep your head under
water. 1t will come up. I've tried
TO swim under water and / cant stay
down
Nonsense said Mary, severely, II
can sink. and ] know II. ] cant stay up.
And as for your head not staying un-
der water, Peter. that's absurd. II my
head gets under water-it stays there
and tits almost impossible for me to
to PRIV it up into the air again. That s
what scares me So"
You were frightened when YOU We're
losing your footing so In the water,
weren't Vouo''
Frightened" said Mary. Peter.
was scared blue. IL can't explain that
dreadful feeling of fear that comes over
me as the water gets deeper and deeper =.
1t lust seems as If can't stand it"
And that fear spoils all chance OF
confidence ! pointed ct. And con-
Gdence in anythis is half the battle
won. II you were confident and not
afraid, you'd learn TO swim in no time. "
-A afraid ought TO have learn.
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On FRIDAY. February 5. the Soph-
omole class Of Eastern High
school will give a dance.
Thrty-nine new books have been
added to the library of the arts
and sciences department Of Geolse
Washington University within he
past few weeks, according to
statement just filed with the presi-
dent Of the institution by the II.
brarian The new volumes 'leal
with history. economics. political
science. law. poetry, literature. en-
gineering. education, travel. peace.
chemistry, philosophy. ethics, the
ology. war biography. and foreign
languages.
Students Of Rockville High School
formed an athletic association last
week and elected their president.
One of the members of the faculty
has been trying to arouse the inter-
est Of the girls in basketball with
view to organizing teams.
In the majority OF the high
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HERE'S fool in the family.
a ood-looking, good-humOrcd.

HERE'S fool in the family.
A good.looking. good-humored.
unprincipied. sp!neless fool.
What are you going to do
about it? Shall you treat the situation
In the American or in the English way
they're quite different, the two ways.
Thc American family doesn't admit
the truth about the fool.
Hes eccentric" says the American
family.
Hes boyish." says tho father
Hes foxy enough says the brother.
Hc's dear. says the sister ,,
Hes genius says the mother. nc
must he. he'A SO different. why. even
When he was'a baby he wanted TO cat
bread aud milk with u fork, and he
never would do anything quito IKE
other people
And the whole family apolosizes aud
excuses and explains and denies. TIL
the rest Of ,he world calls II the Fool
Family and let's It go st that
In England--oh. in England its diff
ferent. ..
'Bcrtie means we'll enough, when he
can ge, his own way, but he's an awful
rotter when he can't" said an English
girl to me when we were discussing her
brother. 3
Facing the Fact.
"Bertie is a good chap" said
Dertes mother. its pity he's such
. fool"
IF Beltie only had an ounce of brains
you might do something with hin"
said Bcrtic's father. ruefully. "As it
IL. I'm afraid" and he finished the ssr-
tcnce with one of those pregnant Sill
ences that say so much in England.
Poor Rertie. what g. shame he's such
Il donkcy" said Rertic's brother.
And the whole affair was settled, for
Rertie and for every one who had any
thing TO do with Bertie. In the good old
plain. blunt, honest. English fashion
which says: Il can't afford it,. old
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The Housewives' League.
Houscwives League o
Washington, D. c.. is not.

THE Housewives League Of
Washington, D. c.. is not.
Therefore food lies exposed
in Center Market, small groc-
ers do as they please. and the great
majority Of real honest-to-go goodness
dishwashing. baby tending house.
wives of this city have no come
back
housek eeping associations in this
city, but they do not attack the
actual food question in its most
practical sense. The Housekeepers'
Alliance Is attending to the servant
question. and the Consumers League
Is very busy on wage question.
why do not the housewives OF
league? There is every necessity for
one. Full Information concerning
the league follows:
National Movement for Federation
of Housewives.
Organized to uphold the enforce
ment of laws which affect food
supplies the family health. the cost
of living, and to secure further
legislation. when necessary. toward
that end.
Members Are Requested:
To insist upon full weights ana
measures.
TO insist upon cleanliness in the
handling OF food.
To protest against the exposure OF
ali food to contamination from dirt.
flies, or other infection and to re-
fuse to purchase such food.
TO read carefully all labels on
canned and bottled goods and 10
report any violation OF the pure
food and drugs act.
TO make personal investisation
into the sanitary condition of their
markets. grocery. bakery, dairy,
laundry, delicatessen and confec-
tionery stores. A.
nurchase cold storage poultry, hsh.
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Shall We Pamper Fools
Or Try to Forget Them
AS English Families Do?
The "Fool of the Family" Is One OF the Great American
Problems Shall We Apologize For Him or Try to
Make the Best of IT. Shall We Endeavor to Ex-
cuse His Behavior or Be Honest to Him
and to Our Friendso
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

at all.
Which do YOU like best, the American
way or the English?
think like the English way best.
" easier and It's more honest and in
ne end 1t 8 kinder. oven to the poor roor
never sec a whole family taking
mold Of hands and pretending that they
arc paying mere VIC go round the null
berry bush" lust to keep somebody from
looking through the hands and seeing
tho iooL they're all trying to hide, with
about It
"a virulcnt. aggressive fool taints the
reason of a household.
Tainting the Family.
Why. that's what's the matter with the
woman who's always going to parties
alone and explaining why her husband
couldn't come.
nc away on business. he's very
tired. he has a sick headache" ana all
The time every one in tho party knows
Just about where husband IS and what
he is doing. and all the time she's talk
ing they wonder whether she is quite
as much Of a fool as she tries to pre-.
tend to be, or not,
Now if that woman were English and
vas married to English Bertc she
wouldn't dream of apologizinp.
She d Just say .'Bcrtie wouldn't come
you know Bcrtie, and the whole affair
would be arranged
Bertie's sins would be- on his own
head. and he couldn't keep half a dozen
other people busy trying to apologize
FOR them. to save his life.
a fool cant help being II fool, but
his family can help treating him as if
he mad all his senses ara then being
cross when he shows that he hasn't
And he always does show it, at pre-
cisely the most bitterly wrong moment,
Splish. splash. he's rocking the boat
the poor fool. there in the middle of it.
II you ever go out rowing with him
again, you're not so far from being a
fool yourself as you might be
The Washington times., 1915-01-20

Kendall Green team Among the
games already secured are two
each with Holden Arms and \a-
tional Park Seminary, and one
each with Central High School and
Ingram Memorial Church. 1t Is
hoped that games can be arranged
with Martha Washington and Fair
mont. a return game with George
Washington is scheduled fer Sal
urday. March 20, in Epiphany gym
nasilm