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The Washington times., 1915-06-12
The Reading Habit.

1t is a well-known fact that a person
may have the reading habit without de-
rivinR much benefit from 1t. says W.
F. Purdue. writing in Farm and Home
The indiscriminate devouring of novels,
for example. is not a profitable occupa-
ton. though a very common one; but
the reading of good books. books that
are real literature. history, biography.
essays. poetry. high class fiction means
an educ~tion in itself. and whoever
chooses his books we'll and learns to
find pleasure in them need never regret
any early deficiencies OF school train
ing. for the best result that can come
from school is to learn how to read and
to like to read.
Some one has said that any man who
will read thoroughly four good books
a year will be we'll educated man by
the time he has read 100 volumes. A
lover Of books Is reasonably certain to
read more than four In a year. so that
on this basis the progress of his mental
development may be readily estimated.
The Washington times., 1915-06-12

. TT, human progress Is based up
~ on the interaction of the indi-
~ yidual with his environment.
upon the recorded facts of such
interaction, and upon the influence one
individual exerts upon another. Asso-
citation with great characters, becomes,
then, an important factor In the de-
velopment of children.
The motive power Of children, as OF
sayages, Is appetite. or desire. Inti-
mate association with persons whom
they admire. whose lives are ordered
according to reason. instead of accord
ing to appetites, fosters right habits
through the child's natural tendency to
initiate. But more important than this
Il the conflict between the desire to
initiate his ideal and the desire OF ap-
petite present in the child's mind, Tor,
by overcoming demands of wrong appe-
tites character grows. At a later stage,
when tho child has come into possession
Of his powers Of intellect and emo
tions, and. consequently becomes more
sensitive to subjective atmosphere. the
influence upon him of his associates
IL still more intimate and powerful.
Through coming into contact with q
personality of higher development. oui
views Of the relative Importance OF
things frequently change. The thint
which we have formerly looked upor
with contempt may become objects Of
aspiration and what we may have here
tofore deemed desirable may appear en-
tirely worthless.
Contagion of Virtue.
Through association with a person
xuho noaaesses the power to control his
thoughts, emotions and actions. we
learn to realize and develop such pow
ers in ourselves. Energy. self-reliance
courage. tranquility and other qualities
of noble personality are as contagious
as are disease. cowardliness, irritability
and other vices: in fact. more so. fol
virtue is stronger than vice. good
stronger than evil. Our own inherent
nobility may be so great that 1t car
withstand the influence Of evil associ
atoms. but no person can have thu
privilege OF intimate association will
The Washington times., 1915-06-12
Honeya Wholesome Substitute for Sugar
Some Suggestions Natural Sweetmeats, Bread,
Preserving and Canning For the Homemaker.
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK,


Ns@~' ~ %-'S' ~s''"''''S 'NSNN'S 'SA-
at least. 5000 years ago, and that is
honey. Honey Is the most simple and
natural of sugars and can be absorbed
readily into the blood. The very facS
that 1t seems 'sweeter' Is thus a guide
post to taking too much. For children,
especially, honey or foods in which
honey Is used are far preferable to ar
tificial sweetmeats. Every growing child
demands quantity OF sugar. but 1t
has been proved that the child who at
home receives foods in which enough
sweet OF the proper kind Is given will
not crave artificial sweets and can
dies
Recipes For Honey.
There are many special recipes In
which honey can be used. The famous
cookies of countries oversee, the ginger
bread. and special honey desserts of
various countries are fairly familiar
One called instantly to mind Is She
Turkish dessert, paklava, or a pastry
served with nuts and honey. Another
foreign confection 10 pounded nuts and
honey worked to a paste. nodded and
cut in squares after the manner OF
fudge"
But the housewife can use honey In
still other ways than CONNECTIONS. Why
not honey In the center OF baked ap-
pies, combined with raistns, or used
with stewing fruits Of various kinds? i?
As honey has the power Of absorbing
moisture from the air. any cakes or
The Washington times., 1915-06-12

~ Otr-BOILED EGGS are un-
certain in their ways. When
~ they seem ready to be opened
peacefully, without a prelimi-
nary demonstration of their con-
tents. they are likely to be most
tricky, showerine the unlucky de-
fendant in a most disconcerting man.
ner. A willy manufacturer has done
his best to alleviate the sufferings
OF yolk-strewn humanity by putting
an egg-cutter on the market This
opens something like pair of
scissors with the inner blades SER
rated. The scissors" are opened
holding the egg firmly, and lifting
OFF the upper shell. The price Of
this handy cutter is rs cents.
Sweater sets offer a suggestion for
street wear. These consist of q silk
sweater. a Panama hat, and an os-
trich boa. One such set that would
be most becoming to a brunette was
q sunf1ower yellow, the hat, OF
lourse, being white with yellow
band. The price of the sweater was
sac, the hat was $40, and the boa IS.
The price of the entire set was $3S.
Other sets may be assembled in any
color scheme, lilac. blue, and green
being the most noticeable.
Toilet soaos with delightful
Oriental perfume are a novelty for
summer use. Kutch sendalwood is
perhaps the most distinctive. while
The Washington times., 1915-06-12

TATISTICS tell us that every man.
woman. and child in the United
States consumers as an average
eighty-five pounds of sugar an
nually. Most health experts will agree
that while the body Graves sugar that
this Is an excess amount of cane sugar,
which should not be used In larger
quantities than three or four ounces a
day. A great deal Of this cane sugar Is
taken into the system by way OF COM
mercial candy. many young ladies nav
ing been known to consume one-halt
pound or more at one sitting.
Now. all sugar. particularly cane sug-
ar. has an affinity for lime. In practice
this means that an excess OF sugar Is
bad for the teeth. since 1t breaks down
the lime substance. Of which the teeth
are made In addition. while many conn
mercial candles are above reproach In
purity, there Is still great mass OF
adulterated candy manufactured ana
eaten bv our children.
Is there no other form Of sugar less
harmful than cane sugar, and equally
attractive to candy?
Yes. a sweet as old as Biblical times
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ADVICE TO GIRLS

Dear Annie Laurie: would like
very much to get acquainted with a
boy whom / have passed on the
street several times, and by his ac-
tions think he wants to know me.
I know his cousin slightly, but he
shows by his manner that he does
not wish me to come in contact with
him. I loved him at first sight.
GYPSY.
Oh. shucks. my dear Gypsy. you
can't love him. much as you think
you do. You like his looks. I have
no doubt. but how could you love a
boy to whom you have never
spoken, and who may be the cross
est. most unpleasant young man in
the world? II you know his cousin,
ask him to introduce you, or. bet
ter still. my dear. find some girl
who knows him and ask her to
bring him to see you. II neither of
The Washington times., 1915-06-12
Seek Wisdom.

Be not diffdent
OF Wisdom! She deserts thee not. X
thou
Dismiss not her-when most thou needs
her nigh
By attributing overmuch to things
Less excellent Milton.
The Washington times., 1915-06-12

Dear Annie Laurie: / have the
dearest sweetheart In the world. but
my parents say I must give him up
because some of his relations years
ago were not what they should have
been. They find no fault with him.
certain, but l am not going to marry
him right away. l have met his
mother and father, and I like them
very much.
want to do what's right. Miss
Laurie, and oh, it's 80 hard to know,
and love the boy. Don't you think
am old enough-twenty-o -one-to de-
eide? I know he is sincere in his
love for me. for l have known him a
long time. My mother tells me If I
marry him ] will be sorry, but don't
you think there Is a chance Of me
being sorry II ] don't marry himP
Will you tell me what you think.
Miss Laurie? Would 1t be very
wrong to go against my parents
when there is nothing wrong with
him? BETTY.
Betty. yours Is a sad problem One
very important point you neglected
skeleton In the young mans family?
Many a fine flock has one black
sheep. and no one mistakes the value
Of the whole flock on this account,
but many a family has an inherited
disease, and generation after genera
tion II poisons the happiness of all
who come near. / believe II must be
something of this sort or your par
ents would not feel as they do. For
parents. as a rule, are pretty sensi-
BILE sort of people. and we see their
good sense sometimes long after It Is
too late to profit by It,
Miss Laurie will welcome letters O
Inquiry on subjects of feminine interes
from young women readers of thi
paper. and will reply TO them in thes.
columns. They should be addressed n
har cara this nffira
The Washington times., 1915-06-12
THE TINES DAILY MAGAZINE PACE
Mutations In Evolution
Explain the Creation Of
New Types In Nature
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE H1RsHBERG,
Copyright 1915 by Newspaper Feature Service Inc
DHE hand always had a deep sig
nifcance to the ancients More

-HE hand always had a deep sig
nificance to the ancients More
by Its adeptness than by the
mind was man distinguished
from brute creation.
The New Testament speaks Of the
right hand Of fellowship. and stands
as a model to poets, psychologists and
dramatists. connected as the hand and
glove are with science. poetry, and
love.
The importance of the hand as re-
lated to human intelligence is illus
trated in many happy colioquialisms.
such as the expression ito have
knowledge at your fingers ends" and
Ito lead the blind by the hand"
little sense, and IT is only by the
auxiliary and vicarlous use OF his
trunk by the elephant, his snout by
the opossum. the tail and toes by GER
tain monkeys. the beaks and talons
Of birds. the four paws by dogs and
other parts OF touch. adeptness and
skill that these animals in a measure
compensate for the absence Of intelli-
gence.
Fingers and Intelligence.
knowledge. ideas. memories and ap-
ptNhChSioh SpibS IIIOu6h TIE hhbSf
from objects and things in nature
Even when you read. see and hear
about tools. pianos and what not. II
10 because your forebears fingered
them. Fingers we're made before all
tools.
Just as the greatest victories over
nature are won by the most intelli'
gent, so the most lasting conquests
are the result of the most facile fing-
ers. There could be no great forward
movement OF the human race II 1t had
been endowed only with Ans. wings
webbed feet and stumped arms or ele.
phant trunks. The elephant and
monkey no doubt are among the mosi
Intelligent OF brutes because of the
prehensile powers OF the trunk of the
one. and the toes and tail of the
other teach Its brain and tissues
what no horse or dog can possibly
know.
Certain insects may be wiser thar
elephants and monkeys. because. like
man, they use tools. No matter, how
ever, how complicated and great q
brain may be, unless there are 10 o,
more fingers the creature will be a,
stupid rs a Venus de Milo or an Apollo
Belvidere. instead OF having the crea
tive power OF conc.lving and carving
these.
Human culture arose with the exten
sion OF such natural creations or mu
tations as claws, fms, wings. webbet
feet and other near-prehensile digits t.
The Washington times., 1915-06-12

anu at once penetrates TO relieve all
strain on nerves, cords, ligaments, and
all parts involved. 1t makes the mus
cles so plant that they expand natur-
ally. And at the same time they are
invigorated by the absence OF harassing
pains so apt to distress the mind.
Whatever will add 10 the comfort OF
the expectant mother is great and
helpful influence. since a calm and
Peaceful! period must have a wonder
fully beneficial impress upon the COM
ing child Get a bottle Of Mothers
Friend" of any druggist and you will
realize why so many women declare It
10 be the most helpful remedy they
know RsST,, o.; Writs today 10, 20 bradheld
"a, Ga, for a splendid book Of great in
tsrest and value to every eKpectant
The Washington times., 1915-06-12

Mexican peon that laborers are noe
wanting to do the work The majority
used to be Yaqui Indians, but when
the government discovered that tho
Yaqui worked to supply their brothers
with the money to buy guns and am
munition they prohibited the employ
ment OF the Yaquis. But even this
has not stopped tha never-ending revo-
lutions In which these Indians arc al
ways to be found.
The Washington times., 1915-06-12

greater and greater numbers OF more
and more skiliful animals. II is known
that dough fingers" and clumsy hands
with thumb-like opponent were at
one time, millions and millions Of years
ago. possessed by many large animals
and reptiles.
Some Ancient Resemblance.
Many monstcr-like dragons, such as
pteroda ctyIs. dinosaurs or by-gone
ages. had a grasping power with feet
or fingers and thumbs. Whether tho
original hand or foot has become de-
graded or developed by "mutations..
into claws or wings OF birds and bats;
from or into the fms OF waIrus or
hor,e or the ntS Souh's the single boots
goat. the trinie hool of the rhinoceros,
or the quadruple hoof of the hippopota-
mus Is all difficult to decide.
Suffice 1t now to say that the farther
back In the ancestry of these creatures
you go the more closely their extremi-
ties resemble the human hand This IL
actually contradictory to Darwin's
theory It means that there has been
mon group of ancestors who had mem
bers with five fingers.
Evolution falls also to explain the
facts that the number of cIub-footed
crease. At the same time the number
Of six or ten-fingered persons is on
the increase.
These are all mutations" or abrupt
changes Of character in individuals.
which become at once established as
pure races" That Is to say the
abrupt as yet unexplainable manifesto
ton Of new living structure immedi-
ately takes up its post as an ancestor to
similar structures thereafter to be in
herited as pure. hereritary charao-
ter.
These mutations" explain the crea-
ton Of new races in an entirely differ
ent fashion from evolution. webbed
hands, six-fingered hands. and clubbed
feet appeared. and since then they have
by Inheritance IN many generations
slowly and steadily increased It might
not be true that man may become a
super-man when he has six fingers or
sub-man when the whole race is
dough fingered" Yet for the future,
evidence appears that there is a fight
on between the two opposing posi-
bilities.
Dr.. Htrshoero tofH ansner QUESTION:
for readers of The Times on medical,
hy0tenic and sanitation subjects that dre
Of general interest. He t1ill not under-
take to prescribe or offer advice for IN
dfpfdudl cases. Where the su bjecf Is not
OF general interest letters tDill BE- an
s,oered personally, u a stamped and ad-
dressed envelope Is enclosed. Adress all
Inquiries to DR.. L. X. Hrshbero. core
fh{s 0ff{ca
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Let Us Dare.

Let US have faith that right makes
might, and in that faith let US TO the
end dare to do our duty as We under
stand it-LinColn-
The Washington times., 1915-06-12
Momentous Future
In Woman's Mind

The e KIP Q C I a n I
mother revolves in
her mind all We un-
ierstand by destiny.
I'd II Is OF the ut
m o s t Importance
hat her physical
comfort be our first
.hought. There is a
most splendid rem
ady for this purpose,
Snown as Mother s
friend" 1t Is ap-
)lied over the mus
lies of the stomach,
gently rubbed in,
The Washington times., 1915-06-12

Dear Annie Laurie:-About two
weeks ago my girl friends sister
asked us to deliver a note for her.
On our way we saw our friends,
I spoke to them. and went on. After
we had gone little way we
noticed that they were following
us. We were in a hurry, so we
started to run. Our boy friends
were angry, and called us names.
We told them that they hal to
apologize, but they have not done
so and are not going to. Should
they? TWO GIRL FRIENDS
Certainly the boys should apollo
gize to you for their inexcusable
actions. Even II they do apollo
gize they do not deserve to be
numbered among your friends any
more. You girls were at liberty
to run II you were in a hurry, and
even IL they had been with you
they had no reason for using the
language they did Avoid them
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these plans meets with success I
fear you must give I'D your at
tempts as failures and walt. as you
to meet you.
The Washington times., 1915-06-12

Dear Miss Laurie: am a girl
almost nineteen years old and used
to go with a man twenty-five years
old. We had misunderstanding
and he stopped calling. / met him
at dance the other evening and he
came home with me. Now he wants
to take me down the river on an
excursion. I told my mother about
1t and she said If l went with him
could not come home any more.
Please tell me what to do.
BLUE EYES.
II your mother Is 80 decided in
her refusal to allow you to 60 on
the excursion, why promote an un-
pleasant situation at home by dis
obeying her? She may have very
good reasons for her attitude. Can you
not explain to your friend that your
mother will not allow you to &c on
the excursion, much as you would
like to accept the invitation? That
would show him that your mothers
refusal to let you go did not reflect
Your own sentiments. Then. too.
ask your mother why she objects to
the young man.
The Washington times., 1915-06-12
By ANNIE LAURIE

altogether, girls. and have nothing
to do with them in future.
The Washington times., 1915-06-12
Purpose Of Education To
De0elop and Perfect Ones
instruments OF Progress
Cooperation of Educator and Pupil in Arousng Chlds
interest and Aspirations Needed to Correate Alright
the Interaction of Individual WIZ - comment.
vocation Series, No. 26.
BY ANNA B. SLOANE.

tCcpyrigbt. 1915. by Mrs. Anna. B. sloane.)
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-10-28
RARE OLD BOOK
Unearthed by University Of Chi
cago over Four Hundred
Years Old.

CHICAGO. Oct. 2s-The University
of Chicago has unearthed book SAID
to be more than four hundred years
old and of extraordinary value. The
volume was large. bound in yellow
parchment and its pages
were mellowed by time, except for
brightly colored initial letters.
James C. NJ. Hanson, assistant di-
rector of the library, said the BOOK
was an original vindelinus de Spirl,
a copy of DE Divinius Institution
Gentes" of Lactantius, Of
which he said there was only one
known copy in the world. The other
copy, the librarian said, was in the
British museum.
The volume was found in the resi-
due Of a collection Of about 100000
purchased at the nuclueus Of the Uni
versity Library III Berlin.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-10-28
.Re-inyests Her Money in the
Localities Where 1t Is
Earned.

Hetty Green is the richest woman
in the world She is also one OF the
greatest financiers the world has ever
known.
| Mrs. Green has accumulated her
vast fortune through shrewd invest
ments in various parts of the United
States, and she is primarily interest
ed in the progress and development
of the centers in which she has her
money invested.
This makes her buy at home
advocate of the practical kind, and
the great woman financier admits
that she is thoroughly in accord with
the idea, the principle behind the
idea and the practical demonstration
of the proposition.
Having her money invested In SO
many different sections, she makes
1t point of business to endeavor to
Inpbuild each and all of these cities
or sections. She does this directly
by reinvesting her earnings in each
place in that same place and credits
this practice with being of material
advantage to herself individually as
we'll as to the various communities
wherein her vast interests are rep
resented.
Gives Out Interview.
The buy at home principle is a pet
business theory with Mrs. Green and
she adheres strictly to that principle.
In an Interview on the financial con-
dttions of the country, given out in
New York recently, Mrs. Green gives
direct expression to this theory and
tells how she puts 1t in actual prac-
tice. In that interview she said:
Let the locality where you earn
your money enjoy the business of its
REIMBURSEMENT. am always manag-
ing my affairs with this principle in
view.
For instance. the profits get
from Chicago holdings are always
invested in Chicago. The same thing
is true Of my investments in Boston,
New York and Texas.
If every one would help build up
various communities in this way.
there would be less Capitalization of
big business powers in q few finan-
cial centers."
Mrs. Green is now over 80 years
OF age. She is still actively engaged
in managing her own affairs and is
still looked upon as great factor
in the financial world. In her inter-
view she summaries in very concrete
way the principles that are guiding
the progressive people in Clarksburg
today who are endeavoring to firmly
establish the buy at home propa-
ganda for all time to come.
Buy ut Home Advocate.
Mrs. Green, who certainly is in a
position to know whereof she
speaks. and is looked upon as high
example OF centralized business pow
er, tells from the wealth of her own
experience the danger of every COM
munity that persists in sending the
money earned in that community to
other places, thereby robbing that
community OF what she terms the
just dues Of getting the direct bene-
fits of the wealth Of such community
produces.
There is yeritable sermon in the
brief statement taken from Mrs.
Green's interview. and the loyal resi-
dent of every community in the coun-
try will find untold meat for serious
thought in what this woman, who
has proven wonderful figure in the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-10-28
THROW THE CALL CARD AwAY

The agent" or SALESMAN" who puts
up at one of the Clarksburg hotels
pays no license. rent, light, wages or
anything. He competes with every
merchant in Clarksburg. When you
get letter or card saying "cali."
throw it away and don't go. BE-
patriotic-be true to Clarksburg.
Spend your money where you and
your neighbors get the benefit, and not
where it helps merchants in rival
city. This is Cialkslurg duty.