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The Washington herald., 1915-01-01

lily coat-of-arms. but Washington asked
Betsy to make the stars of six points in
stead of five, so that the resemblance -
the five pointed stars of the Washington
family might not be so close. But Betsy
said that a fve-pointed star looked bet
ter than d six-pointed star and Betsy
had her way.
The flag was completed and accepted,
and so well had Betsy accomplished her
task that she was made official maker
Of all flags for the government in the
fL;ure
Betsy Ross continued to run her up
holstery shop throughout her life, al
though she was married again twice,
first TO Capt Ashburn, and second to
John Claypolc.
Another patr1ness Of New Years Day
is Mime. Antoiuette du DeshOulieres, who
was born in France go years ago today
She was graceful and beautiful and
learned. and. according 20 NOltaire, the
most successful of all the French ladies
who have cultivated poetry" She wrote
a great deal of poetry and eXecelled in
writing idyls. her idyls being considered
the best N the French language In
spite OF the fact that Antcinette lived IN
a rather iIamoral age in France in SPITE
also of the fact that she was much pet
ted and admired by Frenchmen of let
ters. she WAS not at al. spoilei and re-
mained throughout her life a faithful
wife and i devoted mother
Copyright, 1851
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gardless OF cost. It is the women who
consider cost OF paramount Importance,
and they cannot fool each other.
'On a warm day a man looks at a
woman dressed from head to foot in
white, immaculate, soft, clinging, femi-
nine. Her entire makeup is womanly,
dainty. He pronounces her a we'll
dressed woman, whether the outfit cost
ten dollars or a hundred. Not so her
sisters. They look her over. appraise the
cost of her costume at a glance, and pro-
nounce 1t cheap.
Cost in clothing never impresses itself
upon the masculine mind, unless it is
inappropriate. A woman may wear real
not realize its value. It is merely part
of an effective costume. But let the
same woman wear this lace on a cheap
morning dress and he will Immediately
notice that here is something expensive
that does not belong. At the opera or
dance he may not notice a woman's jew
els or beaded satin slippers, but let her
wear either in the morning with tailored
or outing clothes and he will notice them.
because they strike a false note when
worn on the street.
No man who is not in the dry goods
or similar business can define his idea
of good dressing. He may say il is per-
feet balancing of every part of the COS
tune, especially fitting it to the person
ality of the wearcr. You see some
women whose clothes look as il they
belonged to some one else, no matter
what the cost. Men call this bad dress
ing. Men do not like to see middIe-aged
women dressing in styles that belong to
young girls, yet like costumes which
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House.
wives
Daily
Economy
Calendar
AFTER-cHRISTMAS SHOPPING.

After Christmas is ended there comes
a Iull in our shopping activities. We
housewives sit back and feel that now
for 4 few weeks at least We can save
money. No more Christmas presents to
buy, and it is still a few months before
time to think of spring clothes. But thls
is only a pleasant fancy, for the really
wise housewife does a great deal oil ouy-
ing at this very time of the year.
In the first place, We should look 10
our linen supplies, for linens of all sorts
are cheaper at this time OF the year than
any other. Blankets too. and comforts
are now placed at a tempting reduction
in most of the department stores. Inc
woman who has to count her pennies Will
buy sheeting material and will spend
these weeks in hemming and scanning
her own sheets and pillow caseS.
Although spring and autumn are the
most popular times for replenishing the
wardrobe there is great wisdom often
in buying clothes at this time of year.
Suits and coats of Ill kinds are greatly
reduced and often it is the conservative
models the models that are most likely
to look well next season, that are left
on the merchants hands to be sold now
at discount. 1t is a well-known fact
that the most extreme models, the ones
that are most likely to look out OF date
another season, are the models that
are sold first and therefore not among
these that are now to be had for
song So for this reason the economical
housewife chooses now to buy a winter
coat, either for herself or her children.
Often a smart sport coat that can be
bought now will be just the thing for
summer and next winter, besides giving
a few months steady wear this season.
Nowadays there is not so much econo-
my in buying winter hats late In the
season as there used to be because or
the radical change that hats frequently
undergo in the course of a few months.
II you do take advantage OF any OF the
tempting hat bargains be sure to get a
hat that is not extreme, or II IL is ex-
treme, one of the very newest extremes
that will probably be in style for another
season. ... ......
And the wisest Of all after-Christmas
purchases are the purchases Of wash
materials for summer frocks and under
clothes. Our grandmothers and mothers
had a habit Of doing the bulk OF their
spring and summer sewing in Lent, and
a good idea this was. But We can get
ahead Of them by a few weeks and do
II in January, when it is still inclement
outdoors and when a whole morning or
afternoon spent at the sewing machine
and hours in the long evenings spent at
making buttonholes and taking the fin
ishing stitches will be agreeable.
After the spring garments are COM
pleted II Is an excellent plan to put them
away for several weeks till they are
needed. The pleasure of uncoverlng all
these finished garments, ready for spring
wear and made at a slight cost. is
enough to gladden. any woman's heart
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DO women dress to please men?"
This was the teasing question put by
the representative of The Woman 8
Herald to Ethel Valentine, who takes
the role Of wayward wife in To-day"
the much-taIked-of play that is coming
to Washington next week. Most women
have some very emphatic views anent
this question, and Miss Valentine was no
exception to the rule.
Today explodes that frayed and
threadbare fOrever," was Miss Nalen-
tines prompt reply.
Women who know men and who have
the trick of pleasing men in dress as in
other ways" she continued thOughtfully,
realize that the masculine eye is at
traCted by CleVerncss and good taste in
dress, not by cost" And then, as she
warmed to her subject. Miss Valentine
talked so fuently that the representative
Of The Noman's Herald could scarcely
follow her.
Lily Wagner. the woman whom rep
resent in the play. did not dress to please
her husband or TO win admiration from
other men. but TO please herself. She
expresses this clearly enough when talk
ing to her husband in the second act-T
love to know that my gown is becoming
and fashionable: that l have the newest
hat: that everything is correct from head
TO foot l love this and love all pretty
things
a clever woman knows that she does
not have to spend money TO please men.
She secures the same effect, commands
the same admiration with inexpensive
clothes. if she knows how to buy and to
wear them. To a man a woman appears
either well dressed or badly dressed. re-
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To Snare Tommy Atkins.

The English popular magazines abound
in pictures Of very pretty young women
clad in bewitchingly becoming nurses
costumes, lowering over the PROSTATE
forms Of wounded, but still staIwart ana
broad d-shouldered soldiers. APPARENTLY the
dainty girls in these pictures are nursing
the soldiers. They are at least usually
soothing the fevered brow of the soldier
man with one of their own impossibly
small hands. 1t is this vision of the
pretty girl nursing the heroic soldier
that is usually uppeTmost in the mind
Of the woman who contemplates offering
her services as a war nurse. The really
experienced nurse-the nurse that knows
that holding the patients hand ana
soothing his feverish brow has nothing
in the world to do with nursing-doesn't
indulge in such air castles And she is
not quite so eager as the unframed nurse
TO volunteer her services as a war nurse.
And now the English papers tell us
that England has had enough of these
unframed nurses. The wounded soldiers
are begging to be spared from their min
istrations no matter how fair of face or
bewitching Of form they may be
The professional nurses of England, to
the number of 5000, have brought the
matter officially to the attention of the
British war lords. They are formally
protesting against the intrusion of these
sentimental young women, usually of
high social position, who have stormed
the army hospitals and have very fire.
quently been allowed to do a great deal
Of harm through their unframed de-
votion to poor defenseIess Towmy AtkinI.
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APPEALS FOR OLD LINEN.
Surgical Dressings Committee Is
sues Plea for Soldiers.


sues Plea for Soldiers.
December o. 1914
Editor of The Herald, Washington, D.
{. Dear Sir-I feel sure that the people
of Washington who are interested in
the work of the woman's department of
the National Civic Federation, of which
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was She honorary
chairman, would be interested to hear
of the splendid work which one of its
committees, the surgical dressings COM
mittec. is doing in New York.
They are sending, on an average Of
twenty-five boxes n week to the different
countries in Eur Jpe 'ch are IN need,
these boxes containing muffiers sweaters
and garments of various kinds made ac-
cordirg to Red Cross patterns and ship
ped through the Red Cross wherever
needed. In addition to this the commit
tee sends about 2O.OOO surgical dressings
A week, the material being donated by
the public and the work done BY the
unemployed in New York, thereby do
ing a double good. Christmas, at the
headquarters of the woman's department,
National Civic Federation in New York,
300 lonely women were entertained from
The surgical dressings committee ap-
peals to every one to send them old linen,
damask, underclOthes, anything white
and clean to be converted into dressings
after being carefully sterilized. As chair
man of the District of Columbia section
of the woman's department, National
Civic Federation, l have already shipped
over 200 pounds of such material of which
they are most grateful and I appeal to
the public to continue to send me any
old white material which l shall ship at
once to New York. Address all dona-
tions to Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, 1926
Massachusetts, avenue, Washington, d. c.
Thanking you for allowing me to make
this appeal. believe me,
Very sincerely,
CHARLOTTE EVERETT HOPKINS,
Chairman. d. c, Section, Woman's De-
partment, National Civic Federation.
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make women look young. Can you un-
derstand the difference? Very few men
like violent colOrs. any sort of costume
which hits them between the eyes. They
like smart lines and color combination
in tailored clothes, and the feminine idea
in things which women wear around
home. A man may not be able TO tell
you what a dress costs, what fabric was
used, even what color it is, but he knows
whether it was made for the woman who
wears it and whether it is her style.
Love blinds a man to clothes values.
even to bad dressing. More than one
man. blindly in love with his wife has
asked me to admire costumes that made
the women look as II they had stepped
out of a cartoon. When a mans deepIy,
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WAR CALLED FOR CHRISTMAS.
British and Germans FraternIEed
on Holiday, Soldier Writes.

London, Dec. 31.-A British soldier
writing home gives the following de-
scription of the unofficial Christmas truce
between the hostile trenches:
''On Christmas Eve we were shouting
across Merry Christmas and other
friendly greetings. They shouted Don't
shoot until New Years Day
ION Christmas morning the weather
was foggy and there was no shooting. so
we got out in front of the trenches and
started wandering over to the German
lines. When the mist cleared we saw
that the Germans were doing the same
thing. OF course, we were all unarmed.
We got so close that FIVE OF them and
five of US met and had a talk. They
nearly all spoke English.
after Christmas dinner, nearly all our
boys went out in font. where we found
the Germans also had turned up in force.
The result was a huge mixed crowd of
men swopping butt ends OF cigarettes,
etc. Some Of the German officers came up
and actually took our photographs while
We were all sitting on the ground"
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HOROSCOPE.
The stars incline. but do not compel
Friday, January 1. 1913.

Friday, January 1, 1918.
According to astrology, the year be-
ginning today will be marked by events
unprecedented in the history of the world,
and the United States will attain to new
power that will place it foremost among
the nations of the earth in art, literature,
and music as we'll as in commerce.
The seers declare that the great re-
public will not gain supreme distinction
without paying high price for it, They
foretell tines of severe national stress and
danger, and forewarn rich and poor alike
to be prepared to defend their country
against great perils.
Saturn retrOgrade in the ruling sign OF
the United States is read as indicative of
many troubles and a depressing condi-
tion of affairs that will be felt in certain
lines of business, but there is promise Of
extraordinary prosperity and wonderful
development for the whole country.
There is a sinister sign, supposed to
give warning Of an increase of mortality
among the young. especially among girls.
An army officer who has attained fame
will be among those who pay the debts
Of nature this month, it is prognostiCated,
and a woman who is muCE before the
public will die.
Mexico will continue to feel the pass
ing Of Mars through its ruling sign,
capricorn. ana lIJle nope OF peace u
given by the planetary rule.
Medical science and surgery will make
surprising progress. a hospital scandal
IS prophesied, however, and controversies
among prominent physicians are prophe-
sled.
While the year may be period of con-
trastinE successes and disasters in ma
terial Things, IT will be time of wonder
full spiritual awakening, in which social
lines will vanish under the insistCnt i'm
pulse to serve humanity.
A surprise connected with the Panama
Pacific Exposition is probable, If the stars
are read Alright.
On this New Years Day the planets are
not friendly. Jupiter Mars, the Sun and
Venus are all adverse. 1t is not an
auspicious rule for seeking promotion or
favors from persons in power. The gov
ernment is an unlucky one for love af
fairs.
Persons whose birthdate it is have an
augury of anxiety and trouble during
the year They should safeguard the
health and be careful to avoid accidents.
Children born on this day may be self
willed. They should be trained to be
truthful, as they may be inclined to ex-
aEgeratc. They are subjects OF Capri
corn. and have Saturn as their principal
ruling sign.
Copyright 1851
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The Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark
will be at home informally from to
o'clock. They will be assisted by
Miss Genevieve Clark.
Mrs. Albert Mills and her daughter,
Mrs. Laurson, will be at home this
afternoon.
The Congressional Club will hold
open house today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sumner Ram
lin will be at home today from to
o'clock in their home, in Massachu'
sets avenue.
Mrs. Rose Mahorney will be at
home from to IL o'clock today at
1900 Nineteenth street.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Tittoni will be at
home this afternoon
Miss Ellie Bouldini will be at home
after o'clock this afternoon at tn.
Magnolia.
A reception to members of the
Grand Army and other allied patriotic
orders will be given at the G. A. K.
Hall today from 12 until p. m by
members of the Woman's Relief
Corps.
Miss Helen Hill Hopkins will keep
open house at her home in Park road
for the class of 15, Western High
School. this afternoon from to
o'clock, to which all members OF the
class are cordially invited. Miss Hop
kins will be assisted in the dining
room by her mother. Mrs. Randolph
d. Hopkins, and the matrons Of the
class. Mrs. Brooke Lee and Mrs.
Harry c. Bryd.
The Assistant Secretary OF tha
Treasury and Mrs. Charles Sumner
HamlIn VIII receive today from to
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illogiCally in love with a woman, she can
wear royal purple velvet in the morning
and striped calico at dinner, and she al
ways looks great to him.
so. you see, whether a woman has
put her particular little brand on a nah
or not, she doesn't have to spend a min,
of money to please him. II his love hangs
in the balance. she can turn the scale by
inexpensive clothes that make her sweet
and attractive. II he is already in love.
he is past discriminating. So why spend
money on clothes to please men? WOm-
en- know this. so IL they do spend more
than they should on clothes it is to
please themselves or to make other
women envious and miserable"
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TOMORROW'S MENU.

That the days of thy lot may be
heightened below
And the fame of thy worth, like a
pumpkin vine grow,
And thy life be as sweet and it's last
sunset sky
Golden tinted and fair as thine own
pumpkin pie
BREAKFAST.
Oranges. Cereal and Cream.
Creamed Goldfish.
Coast. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Fried Bananas
Minced Nut Sandwiches.
Watercress Sandwiches.
Grapefruit in Cups.
Tea.
DINNER.
Consomme Neapolitan.
BroIled Lamb Chops.
Peas. Baked Potatoes.
Currant Jelly. Pumpkin Pie.
Creamed Codfsh-Free leftover boiled
cod from skin and bones and mince 1t.
Make a rich white sauce and in il heat
the Goldfish. Season well with pepper
and salt and a bit of mace, and put II
on slices of very thin, crisp, hot, but
tered toast. Sprinkle over it minced
parsley.
Fried Bananas-Cut bananas in halves,
crosswise. Dip each piece in beaten egg
and fine crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
Consomme Neapolitan - Cut enough
boiled spaghetti into pieces to measure
a tablespoonful Adj a tablespoonful of
minced boiled ham and three tablespoon
fuls of mushrooms boiled and sliced. The
ham can be bought ready boiled and
the mushrooms can be of the canned
sort Add these ingredients to three
pints of hot consomme and flavor, II de-
sirable, with sherry.
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WASHINGTONIANS AT HOME
THIS NEW YEARS DAY

I6 o'clock at their home. in Massa-
Chusetts avenue.
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Luther Hess
Waring will receive the members and
friends of the Georgetown Lutheran
Church at their residence. I5O3 ThIr'.
tieth street northwest, this evening
from : to IL o'clock.
Mai. and Mrs. John A. Dapray will
receive today at their home, 1888 Sew
enteenth street. Their honor guests
will be the officers and ladies of the
Twenty-thiTd Infantry now in town.
The Legion of Loyal Women will
receive today from 1 to 4 o'clock at
4l9 Tenth street Department Com
mander, Department of the Potomac,
C. A. r, DR.. J. h. Gleason and stan.
Order of the Oldest Inhabitants, all
patriotic societies, honorary members
and friends are cordially invited to
attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy F. Carty will re-
ceive today between and o'clock
at their home, 1916 Emerson street
northwest. assisted by Misses Edith
Combes, Ruby Nevins, May Wilson,
and Mrs. z. w. Hanvey, Mrs. Alton
B. Carly. Mrs. George Finch, Mrs.
John Keener, Mrs. Clarence Oster-
man, and Mrs. Ethel Combes
The Amphion Glee Club, assisted by
a number of well-known ladies', nav,
arranged for a public reception which
will be held at st. Luke's Hall, 1894
Thirteenth street northwest, today,
from s to 10 p. m.
Miss Marguerite p. Clark, of I77S
Lanier place, is home for the holi-
days. and will be glad to receive her
friends today from 4 to o'clock.
Miss Mary Louise Chambers, who Is
a student in the same art school Miss
Clark attends in Philadelphia, will
be with her, as well as several other
friends.
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Copyright. 1875

4 small gas stove is q convenience Tor
the bathroom at all times of year. The
bath should never be taken in a really
chilly room excepting by persons of un-
usual vigor. Often early in the morning
or late at night on a cool summer day
the bathroom is uncomfOrtably cool and
a small gas stove or radiator of some
sort will make the temperature comfort
able in few moments and at very little
expenditure of gas The stove should he
fastened to the gas cock in such a way
that it does not interfere with the light.
by a professional litter, who attaches a
strong wire device about the rubber hose
TO keep it from slipping out of place and
letting gas escape.
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Do Women Dress to Please Men, Ethel Valentine Racks
Her Pretty Head to SoLe This Much Mooted Question

NO O is in the dry goods business define his idea
of q 7UeU-dreSsed aUOnan'
"YOH ctOse clothes look they belonged to
else. Men call this bad dressing"
nrerican knoao the qGuc of everything except d
their aufOes buy"
When in lOVc Cit she royal purple
Oet the morning and striped calico dinner and she dys looks
great o hm."-Ettel Valentine.
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Then the first spring days will be left
free for open-air activities, for walks and
the first work in the garden.
Copyright Ig15.l
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PLEADS FOR COOPERATION.
Mrs. Funk Asks Chamber of Com.
merce's Aid In Suffrage Work.

The National American Woman Suf-
frage Association. through Mrs. An
tOinettc Funk. acting chairman of its
Congressional committee. yesterday ap-
pealed to the Chamber Of Commerce for
cooperation in the associations move
ment for woman suffrage.
The appeal is made in a letter. copies
of which will be sent to all the members
of the chamber. and suggests that the
chambers joint resolution to be present.
ed to Congress, providing for District
representation through constitutional
amendment. be so written as to include
enfranChsement of women of the Dis
trict.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01

There will be a vaudeville performance
at the Playhouse at $50 o'clock next Sat
urday in aid of the Belgian relief fund.
The program will consist of several
dances, songs, a monologue, a cabaret
scene. and a short play. Among those
who will take part in the cabaret scene
are Miss Georgia SChoield. Miss Marian
Van Buren,. Miss Manuella de Pena, Miss
Helen WalcOtt, Miss Rebekah Wilmer,
Miss Frances Hoar, and Miss Lillian
Hendrick.
There will be song by Mrs. s. I. R.
T Smith. the music of which was COM
posed by Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and
the words by her daughter, Miss IvOnne
Townsend. It has been sung several
times in New York and Philadelphia for
the relief Of the Belgians with great sue
cess.
Mr.. George O'Connor will sing several
popular songs. A clever monOlogue will
be given by Mr.. John Chew. Mr.. Robert
Bell will give dramatic recital. called
The Progress of Madness" The play.
which will be Strindberg's The Pariah.''
will be acted by Mr.. W. Mason Wright
and Mr.. Robert Bell, and is a strCSg
representation of a psychological subject
Miss Mildred Anderson and Miss Eliza
beth Kingsbury will give special dances.
Mr. Henry Dickson will dance with Miss
Hendrlck, ana there VIII De others IN
the chorus and dances.
A committee of flowers and program
will be composed of Miss Louisa Hoar,
Miss Margaret Clark. Miss Edith Blair.
Miss Minna Blair. Miss Margaret Tuttle,
Miss Adelaide Tuttle, Miss Anita Henry,
Miss Cecilia McCallum and Miss Ruth
Sturtevant.
The patronesses will be Nine. Have
NTH, Mrs. Paul Bartlett, Mrs. Mont
gomery Blair, Miss Boardman, Mrs.
Alexander G. Bell Mrs Chew. Mrs.
Cloves, Mrs. Murray A. Cobb, Mrs.
Ewing. Mrs. Fahnestock. Mrs. Gan, Mrs.
Preston Gibson, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Hem
mick, Mrs. lockwood Hoar, Mrs. Jen-
kins. Mrs. Hennen Jennings. Mrs. Arthur
Lee Mrs. Joseph letter, Mrs. Edward
Mclean. Mrs. McCHntock, Mrs Par
melee. Mrs Henry c. Perkins, Mrs. Ere
mont Smith. Mrs. Corcoran Thom and
Mrs. John F. wilkins.
Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey's house Is
closed for the winter. by the ill-health
Of her sister. Mrs Robert LangdOn
Eastman. The latter will be at Provi-
dence Hospital for two or three months
and Miss Dorsey will accompany her
there. remaining until her sisters re-
covery to health is complete.
DR.. and Mrs. Wood will receive their
friends at 21f0 street northwest this
afternoon from ) to s o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-01

An electrical device has been invented
to cure" logs and lumber to prevent
say strains.