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The Washington times., 1915-12-30

Some Hardening" Fads
May Be Actual Menace
To Life Of Your Child
By DIR. L. K. HIRsHBERG.

TIME clown in Shakespeare's king
Dear" sings: THE rain il raineth
every day" When applied to
the care and dressing Of children
this phrase ID more or less true. Care OF
infants Is like rain that In a2pleasant
shower drops pearls into the bosom OF
flower. The raindrops silowery dance
and Rhythmic beat like tinIkling OF in
Vulnerable feet, cannot fail to put one
In mind Of the light fantastic toes that
rush around the nursery
a daily bath in q warm room with
almost twenty hours OF sleep in the
twenty-four, definite intervals of sleep
between the feedlngs-every three hours
by the clock for siK-nonth-old babies
will 90 a great way to re-enforce in
fants' resistance to disease.
Tempering the Wind.
There are some who advise "harden-
ing" babies by taking them outdoors in
ell kinds of weather. Others say that
infants should be bundled up thorough
ly, their throata well muffied. and even
then they should not be taken out un-
less It is clear and balmy.
Both are In part right, and again they
are equally in error
The hearty, resistant child is the one
that is moderately clad, exposed to open
sunlight and fresh air indoors as well
as out. and Is protected from dusty
winds and overly cold blasts.
Certainly yon would not call this cod
ding. nor would you term il hardening.
Ii y literally cbeylng-by reversaI-the
command of the Scriptures to temper
the wind to the shorn lamb. 70 spoil
the chnd's skin and textures by too
much housing or an abundance of WOOL
ems Is not to spare, 1t childhood's nm
happy. hours. To await too long for
propitfous. days. for in winter they are
Tarer than in June, is to deprive the
little one of vitality. Overheated rooms,
mountains of clothing and Himalayas
of blankets invite disaster.
On the other hand. to subject an in
FAINT to every whim and caprice of
The Washington times., 1915-12-30
Using the Paint Brush
By ANN MARIE LLOYD.

-HERE are few housewives who
have not, at one time or
another, welded paint
brush.
Here are a few OF the "odd jobs"
of painting that any woman can do
II she follows these directions
The paint of the window stills be-
comes cracked and worn long before
the frames begin to show any sign
of losing Their freshness. Instead OF
hiring a professional painter, who
will probably insist upon painting
every window frame In the house,
recOat the stills yourself. First take
some very heavy sandpaper and rub
the sills until you have a smooth
surface. II Is not necessary to re
move every particle of the paint,
just smooth away the roughness.
Now wipe the surface with a clean
dry clO-ss. to remove all loose par
ticles, and then apply first coat
of white paint, or stain. to match
whatever wood your window frames
happen to be made of.
When this first coat has dried well,
follow ii with a second of enamel
with a semi-gloss finish. l believe
this is called egg-snell enamel. Or
dinarily a third coat will not be
necessary, but sometimes when the
sills have been worn down to the
wood more paint will be needed to
make them the snowy white you
desire.
The soiled white wicker furniture
can be restored to freshness. A sur
face coating of dirt can'be removed
by scruboing the wicker with warm
water and pure white soap, But
II you find that the 'paint has been
worn and marred through wear,
WELD your paint brush and give II
one or two coats as necessity may
demand. Even IL you decide to re-
oughly cleaned with soap and water.
Many women cover the tops Of
their Kitchen tables with white
Oilcloth. You will find that to
paint them with white enamel is
rluch more satisfactory. Two or
three paintings a year will keep
them white ami satinv- while the
Oilcloth is no end of trouble. Every
housewife is proud of her pretty
white, blue or gray enameled
cooking: utensils, but the lids with
which she had to cover her cook :,
ing vegetables OF meats are usual
iy an "eyesore." They are. as a rule,
OF tin. ard in no time at all be-
come rusted. The next time you
buy collection of nan lids take
your brush and can Of white enam-
81 and paint the under side Of each
Id with three coats oC enamel
Allow the first coat to become thor
oiehIv drv before Applying tho
second, and the second to dry be-
fore painting the lid with the
fraI coat.
when applying the paint use
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tude in the regard for their as
nurses ard as workers in munition
factoHies. sort Of ministsring angel
admiERble helpmate attitude.
When faced with the war situa-
ton. women act much the same as
men. II heiEhtens their solidarity.
but there is little intoxication and
the less hiRh-minded ones push
along the bloody paths OF warfare
IN the spirit 4 not In the body. The
majority Of the women. though low
ing their country not less deeply.
have little national bias. The con-
ference at The Hague showed us that
women Of all nationalltles can meet
and understand each other-their de-
sires can harmonize.
But the immediate effects of the
war upon the women-they are grow
ing clearer all the time, There Is.
of course the forced assumption of
new trades by the women in order to
allow more men to ioin the army
In London and Berlin and Paris
women are serving as clerks. grocers.
sheep dippers. farm hands. post girls.
club servants. ticket sellers. auto
mobile agents. and porters. The
women are oVerworked and under
paid, there Is no doubt.
New Wage Standard.
Inc "nOlS WAKE SldnudFu VIII
have to be reorganized when the men
return from the war. II any of them
do return, and find that their work
Is being done by women with much
longer hours and less pay. This gov
ernmentRl and semi-governmenta
sweating of industries where women
are employed is common in both
England and Germany.
THE woman is becoming more
necessary in the labor world. as she
acts as substitute for husband and
father. Vim Germany some OF the
women have undertaken a school
where other women may learn how
best to cook cheap foods. Let us
hope that this will be kept up when
the war is over.
Another Immediate result. par
ticularly in Germany, is the increase
in educational opportunities for wom-
Ell. Some of the universities have
opened their doors to women for the
first time in their history, and the
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Three Minute
Journeys
BY TEMPLE MANNING.

By TEMPLE MANNING.
~ BREAPs the. most historic
- little forest on the face of
the globe is the Cedars of
Lebanon. Famed for their
age, size. beauty, and their con-
nection with the Scriptures, these
trees are visited by pilgrims from
all over the earth.
They are located in Syria, and be-
cause there are no forests of tall
trees in that land they have the
reputation OF being the most lofty
specimens of the vegetable king
dom. But the redwood trees of
california, reaching a height of
800 feet, dwarf their modest eighty
feet. Nevertheless, the .girth OF
their trunk Is enormous, the largest
being forty-seven, feet in circum-
ference.
All that now remains of the Ce-
dars of Lebanon are some 400 trees.
They rise from a small plateau,
situated at an altitude of 6,123 feet
ABOVE sea level. But, beautiful as
they are, their interest to the world
lies only in their connection with
the temple built by Solomon and
the various illusions to them in
the Bible.
Copyright. 1915, by Newspaper Feature
Service, Inct
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Immediate Effects of Great
Conflict Becoming Clear
er, Declares Wellesley
Professor in Discussing
Status Of Sex.

women are not at all slow in taking
advantage of II. Women taking
studies classified under higher ed-
lcatIon' have increased remarkably
ih numbers during the past year or
80. The present records show l,lOo
women studying medicine, - against
97l at the last records; 3,25S studying
studying mathematics, compared
with 76I. The only studies where a
decrease is noticeable are pharmacy
and theology.
Social Celibate Glass.
I'm London there has been an al
! most abnormal registration OF
women in the medical schools open
to them. All of this Is Of course in
line with the statement that women
are really being forced into new oc-
cupations.
1.-THE third effect. which will be
even more noticeable in future years,
is the stORendous Increase in the
numbers Of unmarried women. This
social celIbate class will not be use
less, however. It Is to them that we
must look for leadership in women's
affairs in the years OF upbullding
after teh war.
Though, Of course, they will not
be fulfilling the functions of wife
hood and motherhood, they will
bring help to a far greater number.
1t is known that the married class
is generally absorbed and exhausted
by family life.
THE unmarried people OF today
and tomorrow are the lighbarmed
soldiers of our social life, the flying
suuadrons of social service, not him
dered from giving out their most
vital effort by the thought or cost to
themselves or their families.
Realize Strength. &.
War has swept away the chief
agent against the admission of won-
en- to political existence. Wise lead
ers will be necessary, however. to
speak for their sex when the fran
chise is actually given them. The
family-free women Of Europe VIII be
able to do this more extensively
than those who will feel themselves
tied down by the demands of the
home.
Women are at last realizing their
strength in influencing political de-
cisions. They know that they can
mobilize an immense spiritual infiu-
ence IL they wish 1t Is difficult, YOU
know. to reduce the chaotic social
conditions of today to trite phrases.
We are too eager to force complex
facts into simple interpretations.
"The oddly remains that, though
war should, by all past evidence.
lower the importance and social
power of women. the present Euro
pean war has shown woman's inn
portsnce in ways never before mag
ined in history"
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zephyr or Boreas is to invite pneu-
monia and it's horde of wicked myrnii-
dons Cold. bleak, foggy,. cloudy, blust-
such days they should be surrounded by
four walls.
Danger of Dampness.
Should 1t so happen that there is q
long spell of dreary weather the
housed-up lyoungster may be bundled
up and held at short intervals from
time to time at an open window
Stretches of wet wiater weather are
always dangerous as far as children, are
concerned. II is not that the little
ones catch" anything directly from the
rain: rain: sleet, slTsh and snow. but just as
eases, can be made to fall victims to
them by wetting their feet, so babies
have their tissues weakened by mois-
tGre,. and fall ready victims OF diph
pneumonia germs which they might
otherwise throw off with ease.
Childrens diseases are worse in win
ter than summer for two reasons.
There are more occasions and oppor-
tuntties for contact, because hchools.
churches, theaters and homes are chung
to more closely. and the indoor warmth
acts as incubators for the microbes.
just as doctors eXperlmentally make
the germs Of any disease more vicious
and malignant by making one animal
catch them from another, so the trans
fer Of a malady from one child =
another, when housed, up. makes each
ensuing victim more virulently affected
than its predecessor.
These universally accepted truths
should. once for all, dispose of the nom
sense that every child must have it's
share of diseases" II a little one.
therefore. is properly Injured to fresh
air, cold and sunlight, and kept Sc
verely away from other sick brothers,
sisters and strangers, It may safely
pass through infancy and childhood and
reach the more stable days OF youth
and middle age.
Copyright. 1876 by Newspaper Feature
Service. Inc.)
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Medals for A.BC Diplomats

Miss Janet Scudder. one of the woman
sculptors of this country, will design the
three gold medals which are to be pre-
sented by the United States to Am
bassador Naon of Argentina, Da Cana
of Brazil and Suarez of Chill. commonly
known as the "A Il c mediators." Sec
retary Lansing awarded the designing
to Miss Scudder.
hstating that they ARE presented to the
amba ssadors for their generous SER
vices as mediatUrs in the controversy
between the Government Of the United
States and the leaders of the warning
parties OF the Republic of Mexico"
Miss Scudder lives in New York city
, and takes a prominent part in SUI
frage work there.
The Washington times., 1915-12-30
Onions-Tearful and Abused
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK

that is. by the five or six pounds, or
bV the peck, The delicious Bermu-
da can be sliced very thin and sery-
ed solely with q French dressing or
combined with tomato, pepper or
other salad plant But 1t can also
be cooked, and preferably scalloped:
that is, IT can be plain boiled until
soft but not shapeless. The inside
can be scooped out, mixed with
crums and seasoning and replaced to
brown for few minutes in the oven.
Such q dish makes a most acceptable
winter vegetable at a cost sof Is
cents or less for a family of six.
The inside can also be stuffed with
meat, thus making the main dish
of the meal.
Just now the small paper skin
onions generally used in picking
are in the stalls. They can easily be
put up I'M vinegar or brine and make
a tasty relish for winter meats.
The white onions are generally
more expensive than the red or
the yellow skin. There Is no need
in paying more for the white onion,
az there is no difference In the quail
ity or flavor, and for household use
the red or yellow are equally good.
Copyright. 1915. by Mrs. Christine Fred
aFtekJ
The Washington times., 1915-12-30
What They Say About Us
Pertinent Interests of Women AS Viewed
BY Editorial Writers Of the Newspapers.
Child Welfare i'm the Country.

Child WelfaEe IN the country.
II used to be that the condition Of
the country child was considered
, iIAmeasurably superior to that Of his
city cousin, merely because
he lived in tho country. Items in
the annual report of tire Federal
Children's Bureau snake that
ancient faith. Frankly admitting
that all the facts about the welfare
OF the rural children-three-f e-fifths of
the 100000 children in this coun-
makes an urgent plea for, develop
ing standards of rural child welfare.
It bases this on the fact, Chown by
the 1910 census. that illiteracy in
rural communities is twice as pre-
valent as in cities. Rural child la
in hand. Moreover. the juvenile de-
linquency laws of many States are
ineffective in great degreee because
rural probation officers are non-eN-
istent The net result Is that coun::
try districts are heavily represented
in correctional institutions.
This is quite different picture OF
the possibilities Of country life from
that presented by some New York
legislators who were diligently seek
ing the amendment Of the labor
laws to permit day. night and sun
day work in the canlerias and the
hiring of immature operatives. They
spoke only of the sturdy indepen-
dAnce of the country youth, who 'lt-
lighted to toll to add to the fatness
II the family purse. There was
never a word about illiteTacy, ill
health. juvenile delinquency or the
reformatory in their speeches.
II is we'll for the public to have
both views Of the life of the coun-
try child. Welfare work for un-
fortunate city youngsters is we'll
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Women Protecting Women

Women lawyers Of Chicago haye
banded together to saYe girls who have
been found guilty Of first offense
from being sent to jail. The organ
Ization viii be known as the Public
Defenders League for Girls" and
there are at present thirty women law
yers who are members, They will pro
Jest against having girls sent to iail
In punishment for first offense, sub
sequently TO become the prey OF pro-
fesslOnal hondsmen.
II is announced that members OF the
League will ask Chief Justice Olson, OF
the municipal court, to create a special
girls court and appoint a woman as
Judge The women attorneys have
agreed to give one day a month TO the
proposed special court, defending Of
tenders free Of charge
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Bargain Seekers Looked
O0er Stone Price Tags
Thousands Of Years Ago
Local Art Dealer Has Several Stone Tags in Perfect State
of Preservation Dug Up in
Mesopotamia

indicate that the inscription was
never to be changed. -
None Of the pieces of clay is larger
'than four inches square, and about
thTee-quarters Of an inch thick. The
majority of them are much smaller.
two inches square or less. A few
have picture writing in addition To
the cuneiform, winch presents the
appearance of number OF tiny,
wedged-shaped incisions Several,
however, combine the cuneiform in
scription with tinv human figures in
bas-relief IT has been suggested
that these were for the benefit of
persons not acquainted with the
cuneiform alphabet.
All the little tablets have been
dug up In recent years by Arabs In
various parts of Mesopotamia, the
location of the long-extinct Baby
lonian empire, particularly near the
sites of Drehem and Jokka. The
city of Drehem offered a particular
ly fruitful collection of tablets, since
many temple records were kept
there. other official records have
been found near the site OF Jokka.
Complete Collection.
The collection at present in WASH
ington is considered one of the
most complete in this country. Even
the National Museum possesses but
three or four examples OF Babylon
ian record tablets. In addition to
the price tags and the votive offer
ings. other, specimens include a
round Irregular piece of clay. that
served as a child's slate and nine
tablets with inscriptions that place
them definitely in history. giving
the date and the name OF the ruler
in each case The most modern date
in any of the Inscriptions is 536 b. c.,
the last Babylonian dynasty.
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STONE pfice-tag would
N scarcely add TO the joys OF
shopping today. but in the
Babylonian era-somewhere
about 235O. b. Cit was considered
quito necessary, Several examples
of these in a perfect state Of preser-
walton have been acquired recently
by local art dealer as part of
collection of sixty-one. pieces.
The price-tag looks like nothing
more nor less than an ungainly ring
covered with small dents which prove
to'-be price-marks in cuneiform.
string of some sort was originally
passed through the ring, but this
has been lost. Another price-tag is
smooth, slightly rounded square of
clay, with a hole for the string
bored at one corner go.
VOtive Offerings.
A feature OF the collection Is
series of cones with rounded tops, to
be stuck in the wallis of temples as
votive offerings TO kings or gods.
Several of these were given in the
name Of the goddess Ishstar. They
arc probably of sun-dried clay, for
the surface has not the polish Of the
hiln-dried.
A number of small square pieces
of baked clay covered with cunei-
form. represent receipts for sheep
and cattle. a small record has the
approval of the temple priests in the
cross-impression of the official seal,
\ tiny cylinder which was run over
the clay while It was yet damp to
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War Spinsters Certain to Become
Leaders in Social Service
Effects Of War Upon
Women

Entrance, frequently under
compnlsion, into new fields
Of employment.
increased opportunity for
higher education. /"
Reversion to a veneFated posi-
ton much like that in the
age Of chivalry.
Establishment of a large cell
bate class, to whom will be
intrusted leadership Of the
sex in future. PROF. EN-
lily GREEN BALCH, of
Wellesley.
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An EarIv Protest.

In the 'yO's the professeu advocates
Of woman suffrage in Tennessee could
almost be numbered on the fingers Of
two hands. Nevertheless, when a Ten
nessee anu published a statement on
woman suffrage or representative Ten
nessee women, she could discover only
100 women sufficiently enthusiastic in
opposition to let their names appear.
Mrs Ida Meriwether one OF the sut-
fIagists TO answer this statement, OBJ
tanned in two weeks 557 signatures TO
her protest" and was urged to extend
the time and double the number"
The protest shows the spirit OF the
early SuffrR gists:
I'VE, the undersigned women Of
Tennessee, do and should want the
ballot because
4, Being twenty-one years Old, we
object to being classed with minors.
2. Born in America and loyal to her
institutions, we protest against being
made perpetual aliens.
8. Costing the treasures of our
counties nothing, we protest against
acknowledging the male pauper as
our political superior.
4. Being obedient to law, we pro-
test against the statute which
classes us with the convict and
makes the pardoped criminal our
political superior
5. Being sane, We object TO being
clHssed with the lunatic.
g. Possessing an average amount of
intelligence. we protest against legal
classification with the idiot. -. n
l. We taxpayers- claim the right to
representation. T-
s. We married women want to own
our clothes.
y W emarried breadwlnners want
TO own our earnings.
10. We mothers want an equal
partnership In our children
II. We educated women want the
power 70 onNt the nliterate vote OF
our state"
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Not for the Consulate

Ihe schoolmaster wanted to know
Whether the boys had an understand
ing of the functions of a consulate.
"Supposing,' he began, framing his
question in the likeliest way 70 arouse
the interest of his hearers, "suppOsing
someone took you up in an aeEoplane
and after a long. exciting flight drop
ped YOU down thousands of miles from
home i'm a country quite foreign, what
place would you seek out first of all?''
An eager hand was instantly uplitted
"Wen, Willie, what do yo6 sayY''
please, sir, the hospital. "-Pittsn-
burgh Dispatch.
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the cities will have to send welfare
missionaries into many rural sec =
tionS, despite ancient tradition, il
all children are to have a square
deal in life.-New York Tribune.
Mrs. BOissevain's Insurgency.
Mrs. Inez Milholand Boisseyain
has flung the bomb of unpleasant
end unwholes ome truth into the all
ready dissentient camp of the survl-
Vors Of the unpeacefIl Dnace eXDedi-
ton. Her definition Is neat and con-
elusive; the propagandists are in
aooth "a confused mass Of amiaoly
intent!Oned persons of vague think
ing and no collective PLANNING"
They have not been lacking In the
disposition to make. themselves
heard, however. and there have
been as many opinions AS there were
free transportation tickets. At any
rate, by their wranRles and janGlCs
the crusaders have obtained more
publicity than their crrand would
have received If they had been of
one mind. in conformity with Rob-
erts' rules of parliamentary law ana
order. OF course, II was a grand
mistake to allow two or three per-
sons to override the general will.
ann to try to Impose the dictatoTial
methods of an autocracy upon a
democracy: but it was in any case
very difficult to determine what these
rebulous and hazy pacihsts meant to
do. Irreverent international orinion
expected them to fail. ana they have
failed: but their mission will be of
service II it deters other amateurs
from reckless and premature inter-
ference that attempts to anticipats
sincere and careful mcdiatbry Of
t'ces.-Philade!phia Morning Ledger.
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strokes with the brush around the
lid so that the paint will be spread
evenly. Even IL you have pan lids
that are already rustcd coat them
with white enamel. Remove what
rust is possible with a cloth, and
then apply the paint as above.
You will find that the enamel will
dry with a glossy surface, and
when the lids are finished they
= Will please you with their bright
cleanliness.
tcopy't. 1915. by Newspaper Feature Service