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The Washington times., 1915-08-14

IN the discussion in these pages we
have defined economic independ-
ence as the right to work and earn
self-support and fulfill economic
obligations. AS far as married women
are concerned. the position was taken
that many OF them wNh to work and
become self-supporting. but do not wish
to fulfill economic obligations. meaning
support Of their family. The husband,
we stated, is not economically inde-
pendent because he IL responsible be-
fcre the law for the support Of wife and
children.
Now, in order to be exactly on a par
with the position Of her husband. what
must the married woman do? Must
she not earn her support-and thus be
economically Independent as the term
10 generally used-but also share in the
support Of the family and be RESPONSE
BILE for them before the law. just as Is
Let US consider Mr.. Smith married.
with two children and earning 500 a
month.
Many women cite hts case as that Of
legally, he Is responsible for the food,
clothing. shelter. and debts Of Mrs.
Smith and family. Is 1t not true that to
be similarly economically independent.
Mrs. Smith will have to earn 500 a
month and be legally responsible for
the food. clothing. shelter, and debts
Of Mr.. Smith and family? 1t certainly
would not be fair to permit Mrs. Smith,
by some form Of a gainful occupation.
such as teaching or business, to earn
$1,000 a month and to pocket it all with
out assuming any financial RESPONSE
bility for the family support. If women
Gnarried women only are under discus
sion). desire the money accruing from
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Economic Equality For
Husband and Wife May
Solve Mooted Question
Share and Share Alike In Support of Family Suggested to
Bring Full Economic independence
In True Sense.
In True Sense.
BY MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
Copyright, 1915. by Mrs. Christine Frederick.

NJ" iothe
a gainful occupation outside the home,
they must assume similar responsiplll-
ties to the husband.
See Only Pay Envelope.
Seriously, the only woman we know
who is economically Independent in
the sense in which the term applies
to men is the widow with children. And
yet, we have heard no one go about the
town desiring to be put in similar
position! On the contrary, We condole
and take every step to alleviate her
condition. But, frankly. the posit on
OF the husband ls just this: He Is
responsible for wife and children, but
we are not willing to admit this. We
his responsibility and his obnga tons.
We like to see only the pay envelope.
But. we repeat. II the woman desires
theS apparent economic independence of
take the same position-that Is. share
In the support OF the family. so that
to us 1t seems futile thing to talk
about economic independence for either
married man or a married woman
who have obligations to each other
and to their children.
Suggest New Term.
We suggest a new term, Economic
Equality. which shall mean freedom for
both husband and wife to work and
earn money, but also 1t must mean
share and share alike in the support
OF each other and OF their family. We
do not want all women to be widows
in order to prove their economic inde-
pendence. But we do want women who
work to be willing to give an equal
proportion OF their pay envelope to the
family's support.
Economic Equality in work and obli-
cation; does this seem fair to our read
ers? We should be glad to have ex-
pressions OF opinion on this vital topic
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7 N the selection Of chldrens books,
says a circular Of the childrens 3
i department of the Public Library.
there must be considered the nature
Of the child for whom they are intended.
his age. taste. previous reading and the
nature Of their books. their literary,
ethical and Informative value, their
binding, print and illustrations.
The growing child should have the
best book he will read and enjoy at the
time. for no profit grows where there
Is no pleasure ta'en." He should not be
discouraged by books too hard for his
comprehension, or. by reading those
beneath his intelligence. fail to receive
sufficient stimulus.
Children's departments of public IL
braries are laboratories to test books
to study the reading tastes of children,
to discover by constant experimenting
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ADVICE TO GIRLS ,:s $%$$ :=*:, e: BY ANNIE LAURIE

Dear Annie Laurie: / am six
teen years old and have a boy
friend who wants to call on me.
AS mother doesn't allow me to
have any friends come to the
house l have been meeting him
at a friends house. / do not feel
that I should continue doing this,
because 1t would Inconvenience
my friend. What should l do.
for l feel that 1 am old enough
to be trusted. and that my
mother should allow me to have
boy friends at home. A. E.
Well. Miss Methuselah, I suppose
you're too old to wait another min
ute to have a boy friend.
Why don't you tell your mother
so-not in a quarrel. not pettishly.
but some day when you two are in
the house together alone tell her just
exactly what you have told me.
II she's a woman of the least COM
mon sense she will see, as l do. that
If she can't do the best there Is for
you she can do the best she can.
OF course. she realizes that you are
a foolish little girl. and by meeting
the boy at your friends house you
have proved what she already seems
to think-that you are not to be
trusted.
Probably she will wish that you
had a little more sense. but as you
haven't, she will act accordingly.
If ! we're that mother I'd fill my
house up with girls and boys. half a
dozen of them at once, and I'd keep
you so busy looking after them all
that you wouldn't have time to sit
off in the corner and be sentimental
over any one of them. Tell your
mother. little girl, tell your mother
Have the thinG open and out and
aloye board-that's the only way
and besides. it isn't Smart to have
secret affairs or serious affairs OF
ANY kind with men at your age.
Dear Annie Laurie: Last sum-
mer met a boy living In a distant
aifY and learned To love him with
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oeing beau. He certainly is an
awful case. and believes that
SLOW and steady wins the race"
Al the little things I plan are in
ifiHrrnp!eS Yer aId a. oy this man; My fam
on; | hate to be rude to him. but
oh! don't terribly dislike him.
but to tell the truth I'm in love
with another youth. When the
one l like calls this bore is al
ways around. In fact, wherever
Everywhere on earth 1t is allow
ed that two IS company and three
is a crowd
You, will think that this is my
conceit and that It IL very hard to
I've only been candid in telling
what this awful man did. Your
answer. i am sure. will relieve
my mind. Yours forever the
undersigned. TENIR,
Oh, misery, Tenir! He must be the
most frightful bore on earth. this
young man or yours. to drive you
into rhyme about him.
Why don't YOU stay In your room
Send word that you have headache
or that you are busy making Easter
presents, or that YOU are writing to
your grandfather or telephoning to
your auntT DO something to get him
out of the calling habit He'll cheat
you out of some one you really like
If you don't Why is it that all the
bores arrive first?
Can't you let the man you really
like know the prediCament you are
in2 HE will invite you somewhere
ana get you nwCy for an evening or
so. DOM go on Letting the man
waste his time anc Yours. 1t isn't
fair 10 either Of you
Miss Laurie irH iCelCOme letters OF In
rtiry on St1bjeCts Of feminine intereS
rom UOHng UOHlcn readers OF mi
'aper, aud tUiH reply to then IN thee
They should be addressed 4
Isr core. this office.
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the right book for the right child at
the right time"
The head of the chidren's department
OF the Public Library will be In her
office on Tuesdays from 2 to p. m.
for consultation. in regard to the read
ing problems Of individual children. She
will be glad to advise parents or others
interested in the subject and to suggest
the kind Of reading which may prove
helpful
Copies Of the books in the accom-
panying list will be found on exhibition.
and are also availabl for circuIat ton.
Fourth and Fifth Grades.
Bouvet-Sweet william.
Brown-John OF the Woods.
Brown--LLcky Stone.
Burnett-Secre; Garden.
Catherwood-Rocky Fork.
Observation-Disclosures.
Collodi-Pinocchio
Crichton-feep-i in -the-world.
Colum-Boy or Eirrinn.
Dix-Little Captive Lad.
DlX-Merryslips.
Elllott-Pa;TiCla.
Grahame-Wind in the Willows.
Green.-Aird of Gentyre.
harris-Story OF Aaron.
EoibTook-Book OF Nature Myths.
kIping-Puck of Pooks Hill.
Lsns-Tales Of Troy and Greece.
observation-disclosures and the Goblin.
Aarryat-Masternan Ready.
Marshall-Isiand Story.
Moesworth-Cuckoo Clock.
Moriey-Donkey John OF the Toy Valley.
PerkiEs-Irish Twins.
Spyri-Moni. the Goat Boy.
Steel-AdN entures of Akhar.
Wimot-Buxtorl-Story OF Persian Heroes,
Ionge-Little Duke.
Zwilgmeyer-Johnny Blossom
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Eighth-Grade Graduates.

Adams-Wells brothers,
Altshelcr-GuIs Of Bull Hun.
Atkinsan-Greyfriar's Bobby.
Blachmore Lorna Doone,
Bullen-Cruise Of the CuChalot.
Churchill Richard Carvel,
crawford Little Cilr Of Hope.
D!, kens- Nicholas Nickleby.
Dickens-Old Curiosity shop.
Dix-Detty-b bide-at-home,
Doyle-White Company.
Dumas-Blaek TuIlh
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Summer Reading For Children
Three Lists Prepared by the Chldrens Department of the
Publc Library in Conjunction With School Currcula:

Ebers-Egyptian Princess.
Eliot-MEl on the Floss.
EwinS-Story OF a Short Life.
French-Lance Of kanana.
with His Lutte.
Inman-W ulnoth the Wanderer.
Janvier-In the Ssrgasso Sea.
Kirhland-Boy Editor.
klrkland-Poliy Pats Parish.
Lin njercrRntz-Ward OF King Canute.
Misunderstanding Maid.
Mitchcll-Hugh Wynne.
Moscs-Louisa NJ. Alcott.
Page-In Ole Virginia.
Porter-Scottish Chiefs.
Iyle-Men OF Iron.
Scott-CCentin Durward.
Seaman-Litt Manlselle of the Wilderness
Wallace-Ben Hur.
WigEin-MOther Carey's Chickens
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The Doctors Peaches.

A young suburban doctor whose
pra aCtice was not very great sat In
his study reading away "A lazy after
noon In the carly summer. His man
servant appeared at the door.
Doctor, them boys ls stcal!n' your
green peaches again. Shall l chase
them awayY'
The doctor looked thoughtful for
d moment, then leveled his eyes at
the servant.
No" he said id-Lippincotts
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The Bath, a Tonic Delight
BY LUCREZIA BONI.

olive or almond oil is excellent for
this purpose. Place small Quan-
tty ot oil in your palm and gently
massage the entire surface of the
body. Cocoanut oil and cocoanut
butter are also excellent for mas
saying the skin.
We cannot indulge in milk. cham
payne, fruit Juice or oil baths in
these days, whore expense must be
considered. as did the court beauties
OF old. but we can bathe frequent
" in clear, pure water scented with
delicate preparations that are tho
special pride OF the woman of ro-
1nement
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What Every Mother Ought
TOKnOW About HerBabV

Destroy the Fly the keynote this
prepared for mothers by the Baby Saving Committee Chdrens
Council
The series appears each Saturday Edition of The
Times
The article published through the courtesy Chill
drens Bureau of the Department of Labor
The Washington times., 1915-08-14

Yes, there is difference between the little girl
and the big girl. The little girl is able only to WISH
The big girl is able to walk right in to where the
bright tables are and the wonderful things to eat.
And so, also, there is great difference about the
dogs. The little girls dog is just common dog.
The big girls dog is high-prced dog, with ped-
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equally in no need of nerves"
BRAIN" and "spinal cord"
tions, the spinal cord and brain are
co-ordnating. linking UP stations.
central Sitting points, like refuse dis.
rnsal plants. The various flashes and
messages which spring from all quar-
tors are there sifted out and switched
irto their proper channels. The brain
is not the mind. 1t docs not think or
remember any more than it senses or
| moves.
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my whole heart. Since he return
ed home he writes that he doesn't
go with any girls. and he doesn't
want me to go with any other
boys.
He swears he loves me and me
only. and ! believe him, as he Is
honest and honorable in every way,
and comes from a highly respect
able family. My mother approves
of him. too.
Now what I want to know Is
shall let him know I love him.
or make him think l would rather
60 with the other boys?
have hearpthat If you want a
man to love you never let him
know. but make him think you
care for some one else
PERPLEXED.
oh. my dear. little girl. If ! could
give you a sure recipe for holding
that elusive thng-a mans fancy
dom of Solomon.
Why. OF course. II the man loves
you. and Is a nice chap, and YOU
love him. tell him so. Why not. in
the name of common sense?
Any man who has to be held by
pretending that you don't care for
him or by any other pretense isn't
worth the holding.
Be honest and straight. and real
and true with your sweetheart and
then perhaps-perhaps. ] say-he will
be honest with you. If he's worth
anything at all he will love you ali
the better for being simple and unaf-
fected.
Dear Annie Laurie: A certain
Young man 's IN love with me.
but I'm not In love with him. you
see. He calls each night ut half
past seven, and he talks about
business until after II. He sends
me many a long love letter, IL
he'd send me chocolates I'd like
him better, He Is nice young
man foS girl to know. but a
perfect tlure when It comes 70
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gree and ribbons, and he is CARRIED. Lucky dog!
Lucky big girl The world is full of such differences.
They can't all be mended
Besides, the little girl has jolly time. So does
her dog You can't always tell which is the better
off especially you can't always tell which is GOING
to be the better off,
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PERSONAL ADVICE.

Readers desiring a personal reply
should remember:
!. To address inquiries to DR.. L. Il.
Hirshberg. care Of The Washington
Times.
2. To enclose a stamped and ad.
dressed envelope.
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The Weaker Sex.

DR.. Lyman Abbott said at an anti.
suffrage tea: They call woman
the weaker sex. Yet have known
more than one woman to bend a
mans viii during his life and
break it after his death."-Selected
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Her Reasons.

Shelf you insist upon knowing.
there are two reasons why / cant
marry you,
He-And they are?
she-Yourself and another man
Judge.
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(CopyriGht. :ol5.
YOT so many years Since Inc
the luxury of baths was de-
u MED those who were not of

yOT so many years since the
N the luxury of baths was de-
" MED those who were not or
patrician birth. By this
mean the perfumed or medicated
bath taken in a tub with plenty or
water. 1t is quite true that the peas
ants had the streams and wash
basins" In which to bathe. btu only
the wealthy could afford bathtubs.
Time has wrought many changes.
and now the dweller in the simplest.
rose covered GORGE enjoys the
benefits to be derived from cool.
pure baths.
The delicately rerfumed baths OF
the women OF ancient Rome are no
longer a mystery to us, and We can
impart subtle fragrance to our
baths by using the very mixtures
they compounded.
Delightful Bath Sachets.
There Is delightful scent to be
obtained by mixing together flowers.
herbs and bran in the following pro-
portions:
Marshmallow or laven-
der flowers ............. II pound
Ivssop herb .............. u pound
Bran .......................4 pounds
Mix these ingredients and put in
small. square bags of cheesecloth.
Another bath sachet which also
possesses the virtue of tonic Is
made of the following:
Bromide of potassium. 80. gram
Carbonate of lime. l gram
Carbonat of soda........ 300 grams
Sulphate of soda ......... grains
Sulphate of alumina....... ! gram
Sulphate Of iron.......... grams
OIL of lavender ............ ! gram
Oil of thyme me................ gram
OIL of roScmary............ ! gram
This Is sufficient quantity for two
baths. and the proportions must be
increased accordingly to make
enough for dozen or more baths.
Like the bran mixture, 1t must De
put into cheesecloth bags so that
1t will not clog drain pipes.
Fine Bath Tonic.
Oatmeal bags used frequently in
the bath water will whiten the skin
besides imparting a delicate frag-
rance. To compound the mixture
use
Oatmeal .................. pounds
Powdered Florentine orris pound
Almond meal .............. l pound
Powdered CASTLE soap. ~ pound
FIJI square cheesecloth bags with
the oatmeal mixture and throw
them into the water half hour be-
fore you take your bath.
After the bath--particularly II your
frame is not we'll covered with flesh
the body with a nourishing oil. Pure
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Dear Annie Laurie: Last sum-
mer met a boy living In a distant
city, and learned to love him with
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-06
SEED BED FOR TOMATO PLANTS.

-Four to six weeks before the average
last frost in the spring prepare the hot
bed for starting the tomato plants.
Make box, without any bottom, 2 #.
wide by 8 IT. long and IL inches deep
of planks 1 inch thick, with the north
side about 2 inches higher than the
south. Place this box on the south
side of building, put in it heating
horse manure to a depth of about
inches after it is packed down, and
add 3 inches Of moist garden loan not
much richer than the soil in the field
where the plants are to be set later.
Level the earth in the bed with plank
! inch thick, 4 inches wide and about
2 feet long. At the front and back of
the bed mark off spaces inches apart
and with the edge of the short plank
make furrow little over a inch
deep every 2 inches, using the marks
as a guide. Drop to 4 seed to the
inch in this furrow and cover just
enough so that the seed will not wash
out when sprinkling with an ordinary
sprinkling can, after covering. Cover
the box at night and during cold and
rainy days with common unbleached
sheeting, window sash, or even planks.
In the case of cold snap, extra cover
ing may be needed. Pine straw, moss,
old hay or straw Of any kind are all
good. AS soon as the plants begin to
crowd, thin to about one to every inch
in the drill. Keep the soil in the bed
moist, but not wet, and, as the plants
get older, apply just enough water to
keep them from whiting on sunshiny
days. Should they begin to damp-off
(rot at the ground) stir the soil be-
tween the drills with large nail and
water very sparingly.
1t is not best to have the plants
grow too rapidly and make long and
spindling stems. Should they, how
ever, look stunted and turn yellow, a
tablespoonful of nitrate of soda in IL
quarts Of water sprinkled over the bed
will start the plants off. Follow this
sprinkling with fresh water to wash
OH the foliage.-Geo. L. Tiebout, Horti-
culturist, Experiment Stations, Louisi-
ana State University.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-06
HOW LONG WILL 1T LAsT7
Scientific American.))


This is very largely n1achine-made
war, and it would be curious and not
altogether illogical denouement Of the
great struggle If its end should be has
tened through the fatigue of the ma
chine rather than the exhaustion of
the man.
This war is being fought with the
gun and the motor-car; and so siren.
uous and uninterrupted has been the
struggle that these have been put to
a test of endurance the like of which
has never been witnessed in the his
tory of artillery or the briefer but very
strenuous history OF, the gasoline car.
The life of the gun, so far as it's alb
solute destruction by bursting is con-
cerned, is practically unlimited; but
not so it's accuracy life. Every time a
gun is fired some of the interior surface
of it's bore and delicate rifiing is wiped
away, and a certain degree of its &C
curacy is lost This is true of the
shoulder rife, with its bore so small
that it would not much more than
admit lead pencil, no less than of
! the great 16-inch siege gun of the
Germans. Fortunately for the infantry
man, the wearing out of the bore de-
creases rapidly with decrease in the
size of the bore. Erosion, as it is called
| by the artillerymen, is greatest in the
large guns which form the main bat
teries of our warships and are en-
placed in our coast Notifications and
can fire from 10 to $50 rounds (de-
pendent upon the pressure and heat in
the powder chamber) before they be-
| gin to lose their accuracy.
The motor-car is a highly developed
machine, which calls for careful up
keep to maintain it in full efficiency.
In ordinary commercial service the
motor-car and the automobile receive,
as rule, considerable care and watch
full maintenance. In the present war,
however, the treatment of these vehi-
Giles must, in the nature of things, be
absolutely brutal and the depreciation
must be very rapid. Where are the
repair shops that can keep pace with
this depreciation, and how shall the
necessarily enormous wastage of the
war be made good?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-06
NOT RUDENEss BUT IGNORANCE

A mistake frequently made among
women who are acquainted with gen.
eral correct social usages is in the way
OF signing their names. If the letter is
written by married woman to one
with whom the writer is acquainted
and who knows the full name, the sig
nature should be Margaret Allen Smith;
but If the writer would not be recog-
nized by this name she may write
below it in brackets, Mrs. John Smith.
The signature cannot be simply Mrs.
Smith, or Mrs. John Smith, and adhere
to any Of the established usages. This
is in accordance with the rule that no
one can give herself a title in signing
a letter, and she does SO if she prefixes
Mrs. or Miss to her name, unless the
full name is given in brackets as a
means Of Identification. - Christian
Science Monitor.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-06
THE IMPORTANCE OF
GOOD SEED.

The quantity and quality of farm
crops is as dependent on the kind and
quality of seed planted as any other
one factor, except possibly soil fertility.
At the Experiment Station at Baton
Rouge varieties of corn that are con.
stdered standard in many portions of
the United States have varied in yield
as much as 100 per cent when all
physical conditions were apparently
the same. Almost as large range has
been found in experiments with cotton,
and yet many farmers pay little atten-
ton to finding variety of corn, cotton,
or other staple crop, that Is best suited
for their soil and local climate. Even
when the variety is determined upon,
much can be done in the way of i'm
proving the quantity and quality of the
output by selection of seed for true
ness to type, by proper care in storing,
termination test before planting, and
other precautions that are not unduly
arduous. II the strain is not true to
type, we may unjustly blame the
variety for poor yield, or attribute a
high standard yield to it when the true
variety would give different results.
Again the quantity of yield is partly
determined by uniform stand, which
must be secured if all the land is util.
lied and all labor in cultivating serves
a good purpose. A termination test is,
therefore, very important in most Of
our farm crops, especially with corn,
oats and clover seed and somewhat less
important with cotton.
With many seeds purity tests are
important, especially if we purchase
the seeds, since there is danger, for
instance, in oats of introducing John.
son grass or other noxious weeds, or
of introducing dodder with clover or
alfalfa. These are good illustrations
of the desirability of purity tests
w. R. Dodson, Director of Experiment
Stations, Louisiana State University.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-03-06
AN ORDINANCE

To prevent goats running at large on
the streets of the Town of ST.
Francisville, Louisiana.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen of the Town of
ST. Francisville, La, in regular session
convened this the ninth day of Febru.
airy, 1915, That letting goats run at
large in the Town of st. Francisville,
La, is positively prohibited.
Be it further ordained, That any one
violating the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be fined in the sum of not
less than $500 or imprisonment for a
term not exceeding ten days by any
court of competent jurisdiction.
A, B. BRIANT, Mayor.
q. L. PLETTINGER, Clerk.