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The Washington times., 1915-11-19

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-No wonder
the mercury drops to zero when the
skating season begins-it wants to look
round Everybody does. when the new
skating costumes burst into view and
one good look deserves another.
The ice OF conventionality Is due to
be smartly broken when some cute little
ice Flo cuts a dash and II figure across
the pond In green mottled silk
sweater banded, collarcd, cufed and
buttoned In gold. knee length skirt
of pleated green and gold stripes.
sassy little round green cap with a
golden tassel and knee high laced
green boots with tasscl OF gold bob
bing at their tops.
OF Bizarre Design.
The skating jackets and sweaters are
of the most bizarre patterns and garish
hucs. Fur bands them at every con-
ccivable point as 1t also bands the
short pleated skirts. the skating caps
and the tops OF the skating boots Per-
sian figured sweaters as well as one
toned ones OF vivid hue are worn with
striped skirts of pleated velour de laine
and Jackets and skirts to match. Of
emerald green or cerisc. are gorgeous
when trimmed in wide bands OF white
fox.
An all-white costume with n short
Jacket hung cape like and full from
the shoulders is embroidered In silver
thread and banded in white fox. The
fur-finished full skirt has big silver
embroidered pockets on each side. The
high white boots are laced with silver
and have silver tasscl nesting in
their fur tops. A white fox turban.
silver tasseled. tops the costume: and
a huge round nun of the white fox.
with silver tassels. takes the wearer in
hand This costume of snow and silver
IL At for the Ice Queen herself and
no skittish skater could ever be frost
in 1t.
Return of Ballet.
Gorgeous bags for skates. cmbroid-
cred and fur trimmed to match the gay
sweaters, hectic muffiers and quantity
ornate muffs are few OF the access
ories necessary for the complete skater
this year II IA fair skater. thus heavily
accoutred, can still skate and get away
with 1t, she IL In class with Charlotte
at the Hippodrome. that peerless pirou-
etter Of the ice ballot
Incidentally. the Introduction Of tho
Ice ballet In several OF the New York
musical productions seems to have
given a spirit to the gentle art OF sknt-
Ing that may freeze out the dance. But
beware " you seek to emulate Char
lotte with too much excess baggage.
Mother. may I go out to skate"
Yes. but heed advice:
III you've a muftier. bag and mum,
Then don't 20 near the Ice
The Washington times., 1915-11-19

THE TWISTED SKEIN. By Ralph u.
Paine. New York; Charles SCribner's =
Sons. Price, H.35,
To any one Interested in college ath-
letics. particularly the grueling ordeal
of crew race, this book will prove
rather more enjoyable than the stereo-
typed college story.
CYNTRA. BY Ellen Douglas Deand. New
York: d, Appleton & Co. frice. N.35.
An English girls adventures in New
York are the theme of this story for
girls part of the action is uninteresting
and the plot Is a bit threadbarc. while
the love stories are so mildly introduced
that no careful mother need feel dis
trcssed II her daughter reads the book.
THE PASSIONATE CRIME. BY f. Temple
Thurston. New York. ID. Appleton *
Co. Price. N.3O.
A delightful story of Ireland and the
faerics. The quaint superstitions Of
those folk who live in the mountains Of
the island are woven into romance
that onthralls with its touches OF weird
tragedy.
Mr.. Thurstons latest effort tells of
The Washington times., 1915-11-19

seems to shoot through them. What
would YOU advise?
Hot corn oil or vaseline applied to the
toints each night will help. Also take
fifteen drops Of q saturated solution Of
iodide OF potash In water after meals.
increasing one drop at a time until YOU
are taking nifty drops. then go down to
fifteen drops. and up several times.
s. r. P.-Please advise me what to
do for my eyes-Iust ns sooa as the cold
The Washington times., 1915-11-19
Odd and Interesting Facts.

A barking fox at night indicates
the coming OF n heavy storm.
shakespeare always endowed his
beauties with very white skins.
The jellynsh cats by rapping itself
round its food and absorbing It.
In Australia the original flowers
were scentless. but the leaves odor-
ferrous.
There are 1000 muscles In an ele-
phants trunk. and only G27 in
mans body.
Among the curious things one no.
tces on arriving at Moscow IL the
entire absence OF whips among driv-
ers OF cabs, carriages and all sorts
OF vehicles. There is a law prohibit
Ing their use.
typewriter that writes syllRh'e
at a time. the invention OF Bel
gian: has speed OF from l25 to 100
words a minute.
l,andelions fold up their leaves wncn
rain 10 at hand
The Washington times., 1915-11-19

IT HERE Is more mischief at work
In some swimming pools than
most OF us dream. The bacilli
OF typhoid and dysentery are
not the only microbes ready to be
sulped into the stomach or snuffcd into
the tonsils. ears. and nose of the diver
hnd :, swimmer: Bronchitis, tonsilitis,
MIDDLE ear Infection. pink eve. con.
juhctivitis. Intestinal Injections, rum
ming noses. and even tuberculosis have
been caught In badly cared for swim
ming pools. though happily not very
How. then. are we to take our de.
li8htful swims in the private pools.
free from fears OF infection: There arc
several simple things that may be
cheaply done to purify the all-too- sell
dom changed water OF the pool
before any one enters properly kent
swimming pool q thorough shower bath
after a soaped cleaning from scalp To
toes must be provided for. No bathing
suits or any clothing should even De
allowed In the pool. for cloth or any
The Washington times., 1915-11-19
<1drSih Hues
AdOrn Fair
Ice Queens
Conventionality Thrown to
Winds In Skating Co.'S
TUNES of Bizarre Patterns.
Fur Trimmings Predom-
mate.
Rv MARGARET MASON.

By MARGARET MASON.
- When Kate goes to skate in her cos
tune so chic.
She'll not mind bit when some girl
does trick
And cuts fancy figures to outdo tho
rest.
Kate knows that the figure she cuts
Is the best
The Washington times., 1915-11-19
Miss Marietta Stockard, In
structor In Storytelling,
Decries Tendency of Mod
ern Author Who Has Won
His Spurs to Rest Content
on His LaurclS.

-sTHE future of short story
writing rests with Amer
lea, to my way OF think
ing. America and France
have won first place In It already"
Blue were the eyes of the one who
said 1t. blue the tinv buttons on her
gray taffeta dress. and blue the
hangings OF. the cozy reception room
where Miss Marietta Stockard con-
sented to speak out loud a few OF
her many thoughts on short stories
and short story writing. 1t all
came about because Miss Stockard
Is instructor OF short-story telling
at James Ormond Wilson Normal
School and at the Teachers College
of George Washington University.
More than that. short stories OF all
national!tics are her particular
hobby. and she has even been known
to write them herself.
''I am not a bit partial to any one
kind Of short story" she began in
formally. "Of course ! lave my IA
voritc authors and realize that much
of the literature masquerading under
the name of short stories in scarcely
worth while, but I'm not confining
my reading to classical literature on
that account. YOU see.
Gradual Change In Method.
at has been particularly interest,"
ing to me to note the gradual change
in the method of short story writing.
Have YOU noticed It? A few years
ago-about two or three to be exact
the magazines were full OF stories
that fairly dripped honey There
are many OF them yet. but there
seems to be a tendency to change to
those which deal with the same
problems psychologically. We now
read about how people feel instead
of how they act. There Is thought
analvsis instead OF actual narra-
ton of things as they. happened.
think It's rather cowardly of the
writers to do this. There are GER
tain problems that they cannot
treat openly. and they take this
method Of using the same ideas.
Incidentally. the reading OF such
stories Is probably lust as harmful
as those where there was no at
tempt to conceal the real motif OF
the plot.
You will find incidentally. that
there is a 'half-defined striving for
mysticism. Superstition seems to
have an ill-important influence upon
this generation. The occult has a
strange fascination. Take Robert
w Chambers. who Invariably re-
fleets the popular demand OF the
hour. In his latest book 'Athalie.'
there Is "A distinct attempt u create
the atmosphere of-shall | say
weirdncss shat represents really
worth-~ hile work. though the plot
itself is OF the popular variety.
Leaning Toward Wholesome.
AT the same time. ] have noticed
n strong undercurrent bearing to-
ward more wholesome type Of
literature. Whereas stories OF this
kind were rare "A short time ago.
they are creeping into the magazines
by their sheer appeal to human ma
ture ! don't call the situations
created by some Of the popular writ
ers real. They are so largely imag-
inative that they are unconvincing--
and Il short story must convince to
make it's appeal felt.
THE trouble Is that authors whose
place IL assured do not take the
trouble to work out new plots They
Just don't bother to do the great
things. and write along on the same
The Washington times., 1915-11-19
Answers To Health Questions

A Subscriber-Wiil YOU kindly explain
how to take Gu!nine scientifically for
malaria 2. What causes little broken
beins IN ones face around the nos" anI
cheeks?
Take five grains Of sulphate ~ Nulnir"
likely due TO overcating ana infectious
diseases
The Washington times., 1915-11-19
Expert on "BitS of Litera-
ture" Says This Country
Has Many Writers Who
Could Do Really Big
Things If They Would
Only Take the Time and
Trouble.

manuscripts today. know a woman
who used to have no difficulty In
disposing Of everything she wrote.
Now she confesses that she had so
many OF her stories returned that
she was forced to take a course on
the technique OF the short story
lust ima ginp TINT,
The Washington times., 1915-11-19
"MOvics" Getting Writers.

I'VE are losing many OF our prom
ising writer's to the motion pictures.
They have found that they have less
work to do-in supplying the mere
skeleton Of a plot-than painstak-
ingly writing In all the conversa-
tion that they are having an easier
time Of it-another proof of the
laziness OF the age.
THE study Of short stories II no
small part OF any course In short
story telling. 1t Is necessary to de-
velop sense for plot structure be-
fore one can become q successful
story teller. would recommend an
exhaustive study of all types Of the
short story from the constructive
point Of View as well as from that
Of purely narrative interest to all
who either desire to write stories
themselves or to tell stories to
others"
The Washington times., 1915-11-19

A Readcr-I have been troubled with
enlarged joints In my fingers and also
enlarged knuckles. At times pain
The Washington times., 1915-11-19

In Australia the original flowers
were scentless. but the leaves oIor-
iferous
The Washington times., 1915-11-19

A barking fox at night indicates
the coming OF heavy storm.
The Washington times., 1915-11-19

l'andelions fold up their leaves wncn
rain 10 at hand.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08
THINGS WORTH TRYING
ALL GOOD AND JUST A LITTLE
COHERENT"
Effective Touches That VIII Not ADD
to the Cost of the Dishes but
Will Add Materially to
Their Flavor.

Oh, you housekeepers who banker
after something little different that
will not add to the cost OF living,
have you ever tried:
Tiny red peppers to garnish your
salad plates and give the touch of de.
sired color, when tomatoes are not
to be. had, or are prohibitiye in price ?
A center of yellow cheese for the
tomato salad that is arranged to rep.
resent a poinsettia?
Halves of canned pears, piled up
with white grapes and nuts for salad
in the pale yellow tones?
Or asparagus tips on white lettuce
leaves if to get that special color1ne
you prefer not to use fruit?
Rings of green peppers on greenish
lettuce, with a garnishing of French
peas when an all-green salad is de-
sired?
Roquefort cheese, grated, or chopped
onion in your French dressing?
Cheese balls nodded from paste
made of cream, chopped nuts and pars
ley, and seasoned with salt, pepper,
dash Of paprika and Worcestershire
sauce?
Or this same paste used as filling
for sandwiches? Thin bread and but.
ter sandwiches of brown bread to be
served with your salad in place Of the
more orthodox waters?
A sprinkling of paprika on top of the
regulation stuffed potatoes?
Small white heads of cabbage, boiled
and adorned with a cream dressing.
instead of the more aristocratic and
costly cauliflower?
Cabbage or turnips au gratin in
place of potatoes cooked in the same
fashion?
A sauerkraut stuffing for goose OF
duck if you have any laundering after
Dutch" dishes?
A boiled dressing made with cream
instead of oil and seasoned with a
double quantity of mustard with your
Dutch suppers?
Tripe with a very highly seasoned
cream gravy, or chicken livers broiled
with bacon, when you are at your wits
end for something new and not too ex'
pensive in the way of meats?
Ripe bananas peeled, laid in earthen
dish, water to cover, sprinkled with
brown sugar and few drops of lemon
juice and baked slowly for about half
an hour? If few chopped nuts or dot
Of apple jelly are added to each por
ton the effect is prettier
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08
nONTENEGRlN VILLAGE

world; and, moreover, it is the most
snugly placed of war-zone cities, for it
is practically only assailable by the
airship and aeroplane. In order to
get into this city, an army would have
to ascend a narrow mountain road be-
yond the clouds, and after it got there
would find nothing in particular to do
other than to go sightseeing. There
is nothing around Cetinje to hold
on to. There are plenty of stones,
fresh air and bleak fields. From the
latter fruits are won only by undis-
mayed pampering and cajolery.
Cetinje consists of main street
and cross street. On the cross street
is the kings palace This is fair
sized, whitewashed Italian villa, with
an audience room about fifteen feet
square and a red tiled roof. The
main street is we'll kept and it is en-
closed by two regular lines of white
washed, stone houses, of one and two
stories, many of which have stores
on the ground floor. There is fac
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08
FINALLY GOT HIS INTERVIEW
Death of James Creelman Recalls Re
markable Exploit of News
paper Man.

James Creelman's death in Germany
while still in the prime of life recalls
an exploit of which any newspaper
reporter might be proud, observes the
Wall Street Journal He was in Lon
don at the time of the Barring crisis in
1890, and performed the unheard-oi
feat of securing for the New York Her
aid an exclusive interview with the
governor of the Bank Of England.
II is matter of history how the gov.
ernor, the right Hon. William II. Lid
derdale, handled that crisis. He lived
to see the Barings successfully liquid.
ated and stronger than ever, with the
financial situation In Argentina re-
stored, the G3,000,000 gold which he
borrowed by means of acceptances
from the Bank of France returned in
due course with the seals of the pack
ages unbroken. The London market
was tided over a desperate emergency
with the minimum of disturbance, al
though there we're some forty failures
IN the stock exchange.
Lidderdale died not long ago, leav-
ing an estate valued at only $4,000.
He was a strong man and an honest
one. But the idea of interviewing him
was so remote that only an irreyerent
American would have thought of 1t.
Creelman had no pass key or letters
of introduction. He simply went to
the Bank of England, and starting
with the astonishing "beadle," worked
his way up. He was sent from depart
ment to department. to the secret
amusement of various heads, until he
actually found himself in the pres
ence of the governor.
But the joke failed to explode. Lid
derdale was long-headed Scotchman,
value of Publicity at such time. He
was no slave to precedent. He gave
Creelman an excellent interview of a
frank and reassuring character, which
was published in the following Sun
days New York Herald. 1t was a
great scoop; and the London papers
spent money frantically on cable toll
getting facts on their own situation
from New York for their Monday
morning issue.
A precedent was set, and since that
time English financiers have been
more approachable. 1t may be said
also that publicity there, as in Wall
street, has done much to clean up adj
mitted evils, and to set honest finance
right with public opinion. The story
is we'll worth recalling, for 1t has an
obvious moral which should never be
forgotten.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08
No Collision for Him,

An English laborer was being tried
with a supposed accomplish for
poaching, which he stoutly denied.
The magistrate retorted that the evil
dence went to show that at least he
was in collision with the other pris-
oner. The laborer here interrupted,
and said he "warn't in Collision; 1t
war in x that he met the other
man." The court explained the mean
ing of the word "collusion," but it did
not deter the other from proceeding
with his defense. There war no col
fusion tween us, as that Teller al
ways wanted the whole profits, and
never collide with that sort O. man
If knows it; and when there's no
chance to git nothin' I never colludes.
Not mel"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08
New Subterranean Fauna.

Deep mines present conditions like,
iy to evolve new subterranean fauna
from animals accidentally Imprisoned
and having sufficient endurance to sur.
vive the change. At depth of 750
feet in a mine of the Midlothian Coal.
field, Scotland, DIR. James Richie has
found IS animal forms, and ne con.
cludes that many others may be car
ried into deep underground workings.
These animals were away from any
ventilating shaft reaching the surface,
the main shaft being a quarter of a
mile distant They are supposed to
have been introduced mostly on the
props of Norwegian fir and with the
horse fodder, but some may have been
drawn in by the suction of the venti-
lating fans. The species noted were
the common mouse, the brown rat, the
house sparrow, the great slug. small
spider, two beetles, two flies, the
springtail or pit flea, two earthworms
and a mycetozoon on the pit props.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08

braid. The supporting wires in the
brim and crown are outlined with mar
row velvet folds. A narrow velvet-cov-
cred bandeau rests on the hair with
small bow of black velvet ribbon nes-
Ting against it at the side. Little bou-
quets of pink roses and deep blue for
get-me-nots are set about the crown.
A hat of sand-colored hemp braid
and satin is shown at the left, with
bow and hanging ends Of velvet ribbon
at the back and a wreath of bright
flowers and foliage about the crown.
This is one of those shapes inspired
by the poke bonnet.
The third hat has braid brim and
a soft crown of crepe georgette in
pale green. The side crown is covered
with rich wreath made of grapes in
green and soft red, with silk rose
in the natural rose color, set in its
foliage near the front There is a
pretty ribbon bow of the color of the
darker grapes which is posed on the
crown and brim at the left back
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08

Far removed from simplicity and re-
joicing in picturesque lines and mate
rails are the fashion tendencies that
predominant in millinery. Flowers and
fruits, ostrich plumes and ribbons in
every variety, are assembled and
shown on hats large and small. The
new millinery modes are charming and
in variety they are fairly bewildering.
But however much we are distracted
by the great number of styles, of one
thing we cannot fail to be assured.
There is little room or place in them
for plain, meagerly trimmed hats.
The most noticeable thing in the dis
plays for spring is, in fact, the number
of models which appear to have come
from designers who dare to be indie
pendent of each other. But they all
seem to be fairly revealing in the wealth
of materials at hand, and are making
prodigal use of them.
Three beautiful hats are shown here
that illustrate very clearly the vogue
of picturesque millinery. At the CEN
ter is large hat of black horsehair
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08
New telegraph Code.

A new form of code chart for sim
plifying the teaching of the Cont
mental telegraph code has been
evolved by Chicago inventor. In
place of the usual method of repre-
senting the different telegraphic equiv
alents for letters and figures in the
form of dots and dashes, the charac
tiers are indicated by small and large
letters or figures; the former repre-
senting the dots and the latter the
dashes. For instance, the letter "a
Is represented as "a A." meaning dot
dash The letter "B" is shown as 81
bib" or dash dot dot dot. Thus, by
this simple method, the inventor has
eliminated the great confusion arising
from the dash-dot representations OF
the various characters. The letters
and figures are fixed in the memory
of the student as large and small
characters instead of in the form of a
complicated mass OF letters. figures
and combinations of dots and dashes
1t is stated that this chart has greatly
simplified the learning of the code.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08
New Luncheon Dish.

Poach an egg carefully in boiling
water to which a squeeze of lemon
Juice has been added, trim it neatly
with round cutter, mask it with some
thick, nicely favored white sauce
which is still warm, and put it aside to
get cold. Dust the egg lightly with
flour, brush it over with beaten egg
cover thickly with dried bread crumbs
seasoned with salt and pepper, and fry
1t quickly lone and a half minutes
should be sufficiently in a bath of boil
ing fat. Serve the egg on a round Of
buttered toast and garnish the plate
with watercress.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08

Now that Fashion allows us to
choose between the coat suit and the
frock with separate coat, the'separate
coat is matter that must Be serious
ly considered. Hardly any wardrobe
but must possess two Separate coats
Of some kind. One offthem will take
the place of the suit coat, while the
other, according to the needs of its
owner, will be chosen for dress occa-
sions for which the suit coat is not
quite elaborate enough, or for hard
wear where the suit coat does not fit
In.
Among the smartest models in the
separate coat are those of light-col-
ored covert cloth with faring skirts,
trimmed with machine stitching and
buttons covered with the CLOTH These
are worn with pretty frocks of broad
cloth and soft blouses with converti-
BILE collars. A little furnishing up
with fower-trimmed millinery and
corsage bouquet brings toilette, In
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08
soothes Tooth; Fires Bed.

John Wolf. rural mail carrier OF
Ebensburg, Pa. has demonstrated that
an electric light bulb will cure q
toothache and then some. Wolf was
walking the floor with toothache OF
the jumping kind, when the bright
idea struck him. Wrapping a towel
around an electric light bulb attached
to long cord. he got into bed. press
ing the bulb against the aching molar
as warming pad. The device worked
magically. The suffering stopped and
wolf fell asleep.
Shortly after midnight, the mail car.
rier dreamed there was fire and that
he was fighting his way through smoke
and flames. He awoke to find the bed
burning. He sprang to safety and
gave the alarm, but before firemen ar.
rived the house was almost Quilted.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-08

Veal Croouettes.

Put two cupfuls of finely chopped
veal in a saucepan, add two table
spoonfuls of fine bread crumbs, one
teaspoonfuls of butter, the beaten
yolks of two eggs, one teaspoonful of
onion juice, quarter teaspoonful of salt,
one tablespoonful paprika and a speck
of mace. Stir the mixture over the
IRE until thoroughly heated, then set
aside to cool. Shape into croquettes,
dip in beaten egg, roll in fine crumbs,
let stand one or more hours, and fry
until well Drowned. Serve with toma.
to sauce.