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The Washington times., 1915-02-15
Daily Editorial for Women

He decides to take ten minutes or
half an hour. He, because OF the
fact that he has not been trained ,by
the house wife to automatic action.
counts merely on the actual bath
itself and that which touches upon
his comfort. He could. but de-
liberately does not allow for three
or Ave minutes for STRENGTHENING
and cleaning the bath room.
So he leaves 1t In disorder, and II
the housewife wishes to keep her
home. In any degree Of order she
must follow the different members
about and tidy up after them.
She surely has not learned the
value of automatic action herself If
she has been unable to teach it to
her family.
She should begin in the kitchen
and teach the family that cooking
an egg does not mean merely cook
Ing the egg, but replacing in the
kitchen cabinet those articles which
were used in the process of prepara-
ton.
In a printing office there are hun
dreds Of thousands of lines OF type
that are handled daily by several
sets OF men, yet very rarely does a
piece get strayed. misplaced. or lost.
Each man puts away that which he
uses, and counts the putting away
motions in with the actual process.
In other words, he has learned the
value OF automatic action.
Let your house run more slowly,
II necessary, but get automatic In
small things. II will pay.
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Take Advantage of Those
" February Furniture Sales
And Purchase for Quality
Learn to Know Good Workmanship Be Willing to Pay
For 1t and Choose For Service
Rather Than Fashion.
BY MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK,

While impossible to make furni-
ture digest In this short talk. these
t.inss can be accepted as general prin-
ciples:
l. Large pieces. like davenports, d.
vans, and armchairs. need both floor
and wall space to show them of, and
them from siyIps nv the room
only to the larger rooms.
:. Suites" and distinct period fur
niture should be chosen most carefully.
and should Always preferably be placed
they are not suited to the small. modern
apartment with little wall space and
nondescrlpt woodwork Of unrelated trim
and color-the "Jacobesn" table Of
vantage vantage in the ,txs dining ' room with
papered walls and low ceilings.
J. Small rooms are most charmingly
treated by a collection Of odd pieces.
each having good lines. but OF such un-
well.
4. The worst effects result from a
mixture of kinds Of wood and finish
as mahogany armchair. an oak desk, a
cigar stand. Harmony Of finish Is more
important than harmony of line.
s. All highly polished woods like the
genuine or imitation mahogany, show
should be stunned by the home maker
with little children. or who desires to
avoid excessive cleaning labors. Better
a dun waxed piece that is clean; than
marks" and bloom which takes
hours to remove.
s. Avoid knobs. balls spiral legs. and
excessive carving II easy house clean
ing Is desired. Dignity and harmony
lie in simple lines and few curves.
I. Chose leather cushions and tufted
pieces wisely. Be sure they are we'll
finished. and not 'leatherette' or of
cheap quality. Worn leather seats will
make an otherwise good chair appear
old and wear-given.
s. Small chests of drawers or dress
ing cases with separate mirrors. are
usually better taste and easier to place
in a room than the 'ready-made'
bureau.
9. Don't buy a single piece Of fur
niture you don't need. that you think
you will tire Of. or that is uncomfort-
able.
10. Buy furniture. as GoldsmHh's good
doctor married his wife-"for wear"
tCopyright. 1915. by Mrs. Christine
frederickD
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doubt IT, have never seen SO many.
and Mrs. Castle and | do not dance
anything like that number. For the
average ballroom tango, knowledge
of six fundamental steps is quite
enough. One may work out Naria-
tions OF these. But you will find
that when you once have mastered
the Cortez. the Scissors. the El
Charron. and the Ring you can
dance with any exponent of the
tango YOU arc apt to meet
Nor is the tango as difficult as it
was at first supposed. More difficult
than the old-fashioned two-step, yes.
Certainly more difficult than the
one e-step. But once you get into the
swing and rhythm Of music more
alluring than a Nienncse waltz-wen.
you are lost. More and more people
are becoming proficient In the varia-
tions ofSthis South American dance.
Take Lesson From Authority.
would like to add word OF
warning to those who take lessons
in the tango. and that is: Take your
lessons. IL possible. from some one
who has danced professionally in
Paris, because there are so many
good dancers there that anybody
who can dance the tango (and get
paid for it, in Paris must really be
"a
20 abroad for few weeks. take a
few lessons in the Abaye or some
of the other places which live on the
American tourist. come back home.
and having forgotten all they learn
ed coming over. start in teaching.
There are others who go to one OF
our seaside towns. such as Nara
gansett. and read Of. a new dance
and begin teaching 1t. There is, un-
fortunately. no way OF stopping
these people. You can only pay your
SIS an hour. II you don't learn the
dance. you get little exercise and
lot of experience.
The most important thing about
the tango is its tempo. You must
before you can dance at all. under
stand and appreciate the music. and
the best way to learn this is to walk
with or without a partnerl In time
to It. BY doing this YOU impress
upon yourself that 1t is a slow dance,
and that 1t should be simple and
not full of jerky and complicated
steps.
This walking to tango time is not
as easy as ii may seem; II should
be practiced frequently, so as to
make 1t smooth. The shoulders
must not go up and down. the body
must glide along all the time with
out any stops. 1t is correct either
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How to Absorb an
,UnlOvelv COMPLEXION

The face which Is admired for its
beauty must have a satin-smooth skin.
pink and white and youthful looking.
The only thing know of that can
make such complexion out of an aged,
faded. or discolored one-I tmean q
natural. not a painted, complexion-is
ordinary mercolized wax. This remark
able substance literally absorbs the un-
slightly cuticle. little each day, the
clear. healthy, girlish skin beneath
gradually peeping out until within a
week or so 1t is wholly In evidence. OF
course. such blemishes as chaps.
freckles, moth patches, liver spots,
blotches and pimples are discarded with
the old skin. II you will procure an
ounce of mercolized wax at the drug
store. use like cold cream every night.
Washing this off mornings. you'll find It
Velitable wonder yorker
Another valuable natural treatment Ia
wash lotion to remove wrinkles which
can be easily prepared Dissolve OF
powdered saxolite In y pint witch
hazel Bathe the face In this and you'll
find 1t works like magic. Phyllis
Moore In Town Talk.-Advt.
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TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE PAGE
Baking in Electric OOen
Will Often Heal Ulcers
That DEFY Other Cures
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENC HIRSHBERG.
Copyright 1915 BY Newspaper Feature serv ce. Inc.'

and suspension. upward. of the less. In
order that the poisons and staSnant
waste may be washed upward and car.
the badly nourished spot.
For a number Of reasons leg ulcers
down. They must work and support sSe
heavy body. This deprives them Of blood
and makes the veins labor against
gravitation. The shreds. debris and mi
crobes. instead of being carried upward
toward the heart in the cleansing ven
and CONCEAL and continue to assault the
ulcer.
The Electric Treatment.
If the legs are in a raised position on
bed or couch this drawback is over.
come. If heat is also applied 1t checks
the congealing and stasnation. 1t drives
the enemy out Of the trenches and sends
him bag and baggage about his business.
The electric dry air oven, which raises
the heat within a long, cylindrical oven
into which your leg is placed, to 800 de-
grees, has been successfully used to heal
heat is easily borne by the human flesh.
and may be comfortably maint tained for
twenty minutes every other day Happy
and rapid conquests of sluggish, indo-
lent ulcers ensue from this new treat
| ment.
One of these ulcers in a patient OF
mine which followed an injury fourteen
years previously, and never healed en-
tirely disappeared In two months with
| the electric heating and rest Of the legs
Ulcers on the soles of the feet. ankles,
| palm Of the hands. shin bones. and
many others have thus been quickly
] healed
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to walk on your heel and toe or
just on the ball of the foot; but the
ArG"n'ines nearly ALL seem to walk
tlat-toot. or else they step out on
their heel first. l advise dancers
to do what is the easiest for them.
bly, 1t Is easier to do the steps nat
urali.. The first step to master,
and on" Of the most difficult. is the
Cortez.
The Cortez.
Let us suppose that the gentle
man is walking backward and the
lady forward uhe position is exact
ly the same as in the commence
ment Of all the dances l have ex-
planned so far. Now when you are
ready to do the Cortez you pause
for two counts on the left foot. Now
left for one count. The left shifts
to the side a few inches tor one
count. and the right does the same
thing for one count (keeping be
hind the left. Thus five counts
have been occupied. and the feet
this way, provided. of course, that
the music is very simple.
The lady's part of this step Is, OF
course. just the opposite. She pauses
tor two counts on her right foot.
going forward. her feet following
the gentlemans AS closely as pos
sib1c without treading on him.
You must not he discouraged over
this step. 1t is very difficult to do
smoothly. and you Will not get it
without a great deal of patience and
trouble. Indeed. many good dancers
have never mastered 1t at all, and
probably never will. But that ia be-
cause they do not appreciate its diff
iiculty or are unwilling TO give the
necessary time to the step. 1T can
be done, and done well, by any one
who has patience enough to learn it
To get it perfect You should do sew
eral steps of the Cortez and then
walk, and then go back again into
the Cortez. IT you can do this you
have practically mastered the Tango
Argentine.
Scissors.
The dancers promenade once,
and instead of continuing forward
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ES1RABLE three-piece suite;
perfect reproductions Of
y period furniture:" elegant
81 mahogany rocker only"
- run the ads that all who read may
run. and purchase. The February fur-
niture sale Ii a standard institution with
most Of the better stores. and few. in
deed. are the homemakers who cannot
avail themselves Of 1t for a purchase.
large or small
the last kinds of shopping for which
the housekeeper is trained-although
come women have a ''knack" about this
~ others do for cooking. I like to think
Of furniture from the investment point
Of view-not as temporary bit of my
house. but as a part and parcel Of IT,.
Of me. and OF my individuality-f Lean
recognise II! II have this perma-
nency Viewpoint shall be more in
clined to buy quality instead OF num-
1T costs money to make good, sub
stAntial furniture. Wood Is increasing
ly scarce and dear, workmanship and
craftsmen cost more today than ever
before. One cannot expect, therefore,
to buy. both good wood and good work
workmanship can be encouraged in this
country. unless the American home
maker learns to know quality. sincerity
and craft in the furniture she buys
and be willing to pay for It.
What we may buy today will depend
on what We have already bought. and
what pieces are already in our homNs
Lucky indeed is the woman who has
a carefully thought-out plan in buying.
She will not be swayed by any sup
posed fashion, but will adjust her
furniture to her needs and the kind of
establishment she Is living in. l never
forge; the home OF a little bride who
was living in pretty five-room fiat
Her parlor boasted "four-piece- set
beautiful mahogany and green velours.
costing perhaps $780, But 1t didn't fit
It was Just as out Of place as a bail
dress is at a simple home tea. 1t need
ed more room. more space, higher cell
ines. and totally different setting to
show il of. 1t made the little room
secm stufty. and hot, and lacked all the
cozness that such small intimate rooms
needed to make them attractive.
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Peters Adventures in
Matrinony
BY LEONA DALRYMPLE.

have drink, and they wouldn't wait.
Hello. Hunt. sunburn better?"
said stiffly that it was. for his as
sured use OF my wifes first name had
grated.
What sort of a cocktail?" Jaynes
asked Mary.
Never doubling my wifes reply. was
BUSY acknowledsing my presentation to
blase air. and two others.
Manhattan" said Mary.
l wheeled and stared at nv wife.
had not yet come to the point where a
woman drinking anything alcoholic was
anything but a shock to me.
Mary avoided my eyes.
Mary l said bluntly. I'D very
much ,nis rather ne, that you didn't drink any
Joan Arbecks wonderful dark eyes
laughed.
Surely" she said. "as handsome a
man as YOU are isn't a white-ribboner."
] didn't care for her voice-it was so
BESIDES" she finished, 1T isn't
Mary's first cocktail Hugh saw to
that
l sat down to that table feeling querly
upset. Marv and | made eight. Besides
girl with face like an angel and a
cynical air. and a small. dark girl. un-
tirtngly vivactous-and vivaciously tire
some. The men were average good
iookinS young ielloWs OF my own age,
matter-of-fact in their acceptance of
sophistication. courageous enough, not,
in short sufficiently different from
other men to impress me in the way
Joan Arbeck and her two girl friends
had done.
] said there were eight in the party
j discovered presently that there were
! nine. 1t came over me with a feeling
| OF displeasure that there was an extra
man-doubtless the result of nv un-
expected advent l glanced suddeply q I
Jaynes and found him looking at Mary.
Moreover. I was none too comfortable
| at Mary's general adaptability to the
! flippancy all around her.
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HEAD AND NOSE
STOPPED FROM A
COLD? TRY TH|S!.
"Pape's Cold Compound"
ends severe colds or
grippe in few hours.

Your cold will break and all grippe
misery end after taking a dose Of
'Pape's Cold Compound" every two
hours until three doses are taken.
1t promptly opens clogged-np nostrls
and air passages in the head, stops
nasty discharge or nose running. re-
lieves sick headache. dullness, feverish-
ness, sore throat. sneezing, soreness.
and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed up. Quit blowing
and snuffling! Ease your throbbins
head-nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold
Compond," which costs only % cents
at any drug store. 1t acts without as
sistance, tastes nice. and causes no in
convenience. Accept no substitute
Advt.
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4 ulcer Is an open sore. saucer
N shaped and very shallow. 1t
n may be only a bit of. skin
scraped OF at the top. or 1t may
be a deeper depression In the flesh.
eaten away by germs, injuries or de-
ficient flow Of lymph. blood, and nutri-
ment to the parts.
Although these open sores prevail at
all seasons and on any part of the
human body. the parts of the living
texture most affected are the lower seq
nents Of the legs.
Evidently the distance of the chin
from the heart. the difficulty OF the
body'e commissary in keeping that far
flung line OF communications open to
fresh supplies Of tissue food, permits
the open fabric on that remote high
way Of health to be the last and the
least lDpurised.
Ulcers of the shins and leg below the
knees may begin like a throttling pimple
on the outside, or a plague and muir.
rain from within. They arise as well
from humping the hatchet edge of the
bones. as from such febule and non
febule scourges as typhoid, diabetes
syphilis. anaemia.. nat feet. sedentary
life. obesity. and kidney affections. A
scratch may start a leg ulcer or the
pressure Of dropsy and Tat may spon-
taneously split the skin.
Slow To Heal.
Over and above the discovery Of any
among these many causes there must be
a variety Of other treatments. True
enough, to counteract the essential cause
is more than half the conquest of an
ulcer. Then must come absolute rest
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knowledge of Six Fundamen'
tai Steps Is Sufficient Basis
On Which To Construct
The Castle Tango.

with the outside foot they do a half
turn inward-that is. the man crosses
the left in front of the right; now
they do the promenade step. the man
with the right turning inward. cross
ing the right in front of the left.
and can he finished with the Cortez
or by continuing the promenade. 1t
Is rather difficult to explain. but
the photograph should convey the
meaning.
Ell Charron.
This step Is begun with a Cortez.
The man turns the lady so that she
walks backward three straight steps.
the man going forward three straight
steps at the right side of the lady.
keeping this position, the man walks
backward three straight steps, the
lady going forward. the man goes
forward, etc. as many times as de-
sired. turning to the left as much
by the man leading the lady into the
CorteZ step.
The Ring.
This IS a very pretty step in the
tango.
The best way to so into it is from
the promenade. The gentleman
stands still and crosses the right
foot over the left. having the weight
of the body equally distributed On
both feet. The lady does single
step tjust like the single step in the
maxixe) right around the gentleman.
This will, of course, turn the man
around. and in doing so uncross his
feet: when this is done the lady
puts her right foot slowly forwa ard
and the man his left foot slowly
back, and they so into Cortez. BY
pracucing this step well YOU will
find it quite possible for the lady
to make complete ring around the
gentleman. but it depends greatly
on his balance. and il he finds his
feet getting wound up again all he
has to do is to lift the left foot up
and place it at the back for the
Cortez. Care should be taken to so
into and out of this step very slow
ly, easily. and deliberately.
Next Monday, February %, the
Hesitation and the Half-and- half
copyrighted. 1914, Otis f. WoodD
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PETER MEETS JAYNE'S 'CROWD."
n n AIRY dressed in the rose char
MI meuse and together we went
wi down to dinner. Now that |
was once more in evening hur-
ness | fourd that my sunburn was moth
ing like so sensitive as l had fancled.
even had a guilty feeling that l had
postponed conventional clothes day
later than was absolutely necessary.
We had no more than entered the
dining room than a crowd in one corner
hailed Mary with unmistakable cor
dality.
Mary smiled and waved and turned in
that direction. Al the risk of seeming
p!udr am going to begin by saying
that Mary's crowd shocked me a little
the instant I glanced at them, though |
could not put the reason into words
Aftcrwdrd | decided that it was the
provincial mans recoil from metropoli-
tan sophistication of dress. manner.
word and look.
In nv town a girl of nineteen is sweet
and immature. Here in this party.
which had adopted my wife during my
sunburned retirement. there was girl.
surely not over nineteen, whose assur-
like AZ aura of tawdry glitter. Like the
other girls in the party. she was beau
tifully gowned. beautifully coiffed. beau
tifully penciled about the lips and eyes.
and rouged with deliCacy that did
credit to her taste. And she was Sip
ping a Cockteil.
Her youth, l think. caught my atten-
ton fret for the others were little
older-her youth and the blase air so
utterly at variance with youth.
learned that she was a fair type OF the
young girl who dimes and dances night
after niSht-the exotic product Of New
York, which produces that curious para
dox, purity Of body combined with i'm
purity Of thought. ideal and knowledge.
"Awfully sorry. Mary" came young
.Iayne's voice. ''but this crowd would
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The Tango, Though Difficult,
Develops Grace and Repose
But Should Be Taught
With Care.
BY VERNON CASTLE.


-HE tango is not, as commonly
believed. of South American
i origin. 1t is an old Gypsy
dance which came to Argen-
tina by way OF Spain, where. in all
probability. 1t became invested with
certain features of the old Moorish
dances. Tho Argcntincs adopted the
dance, eliminating some of its rcCk-
less Gypsy traits, and added to it a
certain languid Incidence peculiar to
their temperament.
After Paris had taken the dance up
a few years ago. it's too sensuous
character was gradually toned down.
and from a rather obscene eXhibi
tion, which Is still INDUCED in by
certain cabaret performers, 1t bloom
ed forth a polished and extremely
fascinating dance. which has not
had its equal i'm rhythmical allure
rnent since the days of the minuet.
Beyond doubt. the tango correctly
pract!ced Is the essence of the mod
ern soul of dancing. the autocrat of
the up-to-date 'soiree dansant"
For II Is not only a dance. it Is a
style; to master the tango one must
first master its style. absorb It's at
mosphere.
Among the many points in its fa-
vor. not the least is this: That it
not only commands grace, and espe-
Cially repose. but it develops and
even creates these cndowments. The
only drawback in America to this
lovely dance lies in the fact that
nearly all teachers teach 1t different
~. A variety of steps which do not
belong IN the dance at all--nor to
the ballroom, for that matter-have
been taught and practiced by inef-
tcient teachers. In order to give the
dance the absolute popularity it de-
serves 1t must he standardized"
Tango Not "Shocking.
The Argentine tango is unqucs-
tionably the most difficult Of the
new dances. Perhaps that Is why
some people still maintain that they
do not Ike It," Others never hay
ing seen II, declare It shocking"
On broad general principles. it is
human to disapprovc of that which
Is beyond our understanding or abil-
ity. We like best the games We play
best. And so for a long time society
looked askance upon the tango
Here and there I'm the corners Of
bathrooms one saw a few hardy cou
pies tripping tentative measure.
But usually as soon as the music
notes Of the South American dance
everybody developed a sudden inter-
est In supper.
Moreover. 1t was rumored that the
Argentine tango was composed of
one hundred and sixty different
steps. Enough to terrify the most
inveterate dancer!
There may be one hundred and
sixty different tango steps. but I
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n. s V. P-C. O Kindly tell me how
to get rid Of freckles on my face.
I2) Will you kindly give me a remedy
for pimples?
A. u Wash the face with chlorate Of
potassium. 81 drains: carbonate potash.
drains: aurant flower water. l ounce;
e, Avoid all greasy. oily. and hot
foods. sweets. pastries. candies.
starches.- pickles, vinegars. and sour
Turkish towel and ice cold water. DO
but wash with salicylic acid. l part:
tartaric acid. . parts; acetic acid, >
parts; glycerine. 20 parts; kaolin. 80
parts; rosewater, Is parts. Apply az az
camphor. Is drops: resorcin. 10 grains:
acacia, j ounce; rosewatcr, 1 ounce;
limewater. ounces.
pressure at times on the top Of my
head. Can you tell me the cause and
suggest a remedy?
C, ] have a place on my shoulder
that Is always itching. What can l
dc for it?
A. % Constipation or high hood pres
sure may cause this. Lead a more quiet
life. obtain more rest during the after
hours out of the twenty-four. Take
mild exercises, eat plenty Of green vege-
tables. fruits. oatmeal. carrots. spinach.
and drink two glasses Of water one-half
an hour before each meal.
(2) Bathe the spot with calamtne. 2
drains: zinc oxide. drains: glycertne,
drains: phenol. u dram: limewater and
rosewater enough to make ounces.
S. c. L-Please tell me what is the
cause and cure for asthma:
AS there are great many different
kinds Of asthma, each one cured diff
| ferently. I am not able to prescribe for
YOU If You will describe your symp-
! toms ! shall be glad to diagnose your
case.
s. F.. G.-l. Is there any permanent
| cure for bunions? .. Can a dictaphone
| affect the hearing?
| The only permanent cure for q
bunion Is the surgeons knife.
| . The constant use of this. might
have some effect on the hearing In time.
l.. M.-My wife has been troubled for
a month or so with vomiting, generally
after drinking cold water. What car
| be done to remedy this?
| She should drink three quarts Of dis
titled. water. with one teaspoonful OF
limewater In each glass. Also drink