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The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
NATIONAL HIGHWAY
AUTOS ARE POPULAR
They Sell Well in Season When Busi-
ness Is Supposed to Slacken.
Says Distributor.

National Highway cars continue to
grip the enthusiastic patronage of
Washington motorists. It is not often
that any new model of car has en-
joyed a squirt of business so long
maintained. This model, introduced
last June. continues 70 sell as II it
were new on the market.
The passing of the summer rush sea-
son has not had the least effect Of
diminishing sales. Ordinarily, fac
tories expect a little let up" along
about the last of October. But this
year. the first indications of any let
up" in National sales have failed TO
arrive. For the first two weeks in No
vember. orders have actually in
creased rather than shown any symp-
toms OF diminishing
We are selling Nationals and we
are delivering them" Monuments the
manager of the Combs Motor Com
pany. the Washington distributors for
National cars. The difficulties Of de-
livery that We encountered in Au-
gust have been nearly overcome by
the big production of our factory,
which has been working overtime
practically every day of the week for
several months.
Not the least interesting feature
about this rush of business Is the
klnd OF users 10 whOm our cars are
going. 1t is not only to persons OF
means. but those having ordinary bank
rolls now welcome the opportunity
to secure a National at the lower
cost"
Last week a National was sold to
man who has had an even dozen
cars of other makes. including several
high-priced types He tried out Ma
tional in severe demonstration and
bought il because il did things his
Judgment exacted of a car. In still
another case, a National Highway was
sold to a man in whose family there
has been in the last ten days over
twenty cars of various types, sizes and
prices This man bought a Highway
because he could apply it to any use.
1t had all the power and speed he
could ever desire, its distinctive ap-
pearance took him out OF the general
run of cars, il is so constructed that
there is as much comfort in the back
seat as in the front seat. Its sturdy
insures economical opera
ton and II can readily he driven by
the women members Of the family"
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
Blind Hear Short Stories.

Readings Of various short-story writers
entertained a gathering at the weekly
meeting at the National Library for the
Blind.f729 II street northwest, yesterday.
Miss Josselyn Giffen. librarian. conduct
ed the reading. The authors whose
stories were read were o. Henry. Wal
lace Phillips. Arthur b. Reeve and 9TH
ers. The "Pentecost OF Calamity" by
owen Wister. win be read at next Sat-
urday's program.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
Dow Representing Miller Bros.

Miller Brothers Auto and supply
House announce they have secured the
services of c. NJ Dow. former sales
manager of the Mitchell-Lewis repre-
sentative at Philadelphia Mr.. Dow has
been appointed special Mitchell repre-
sentative to cover the large out-of-town
territory now controlled by Miller
Brothers. He is especially well dualined
for this line of work. being thoroughly
experienced in the selling END OF the
business
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
Glee Club Plans Benefit.

The Amphion Glee Club. Prof. J. Henry
Lewis, director, is preparing a program
of selections for the recital to be given
December for the benefit OF the Y. NJ.
c. A. Those to take part will be Messrs.
jefferson, Reynolds, NJ. Taylor Keys.
Champ. and Ellie, tenors, and Messrs.
Washington, Chapman, Bolden. Beale,
Barbour. Leonard. and L. Taylor, bassos.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
Pimples and Skin Eruptions
Danger Signs of Bad Blood
1t May Mean Eczema, Scrofula-The
First Sign of Inherited Blood Disease

Pmpes seai itching skim aes burning sensations and Serofua
the blood BIRTH
how through the blood 1t
blood standard
The
the
blood
blood
complexion
spond promptly But take Drugs
s.
expert advice, write to S. S. S. Co, Atlanta Ca
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
MILLERS SELL MANY CARS.
Forty-two Auto. Placed by One Firm
I'm Fifteen Days.

Miller Brothers report the sale OF
the following motor cars during the
past fifteen days.
ChevroIet-T. II. Eddy. L. Z. Lear
l. c. Spangler, Conrad Posey. Capt II.
S. Randall. E. B. Cue. H. Huickholder.
Charles c. shank. L O'Neill. ID. J.
Lewis, T. A. Frye. T. d. Mudd. J. A.
Lewis.
c. w. Ramsburg. John A. Dick, 5. @.
Barnard. ]. l. Aman. Pan-American
Union. E. N. Fortson. Capt. F. X HILL
Henry Cunningham, c. F. owen.
Dort-G. H Clatterbuck. J. f. Peak
Mamie A. Burroughs, A. II. Aylor. y.
F. CARPENTER, d. S. Mackall. Louis
GundIing, f. G. Mckinney. Thomas F.
Murray, F. y. Thomas. A ]. Blackwell,
w. B. Jones. II. G. Machen, L E. Day.
T. J. Day. f. II. Handy. Mr. Ryan OF
Auto and supply Company
Flint Trucks-French-Ital I'm
porting Company.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
TURKEYS OFFERED WILSON.
President to Receive Birds from
Many Admirers.

II all the turkeys offered to President
Wilson for his Thanksgiving dinner
should arrive there would be an impress
sive flock. From all parts of the coun-
try friends and admirers Of the President,
owners of turkey farms, and others have
written either asking the privilege of
sending big bird for the Presidential
dinner or notifying the executive that
one is already on the way.
Word has been received that South
Trimble. clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives, has shipped from his Ken
lucky farm a thirty-five pound turkey
for the dinner.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
SUE WILLIAM A. MEARNS.
Trustees of Defunct Brokers Seek
$1,000 In Court.

Suit for 5000 was filed yesterday by ].
Miller Kenyon, Byron L. Graham, and H
Rozier Dulany. trustees of the bankrupt
estate of Lewis johnson and Company.
against William A Meams, a former
member of the defunct brokerage firm.
The trustees allege that when Mr..
Mearns retired from the firm, he retained
his seat on the New York Stock Exchange
and agreed to be liable for all over s4O,-
900 that it would cost the firm to pur-
chase another seat on the exchange. 1t
is alleged that the seat purchased by
Benjamin Woodruff. a remaining member
of the firm. for its benefit. cost $4,000
and they ask that Mr.. Mearns be requir-
ed 20 pay the trustees the balance.
Attorneys c. c. Tucker, Leon Tobriner
and H Preston Galley. represent the
trustees in BANKRUPTCY.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
Boy Scouts Hold First Parade;
Start Money Crusade Tomorrow
PLEDGE CARD FOR BOY
SCOUT MONEY CRUSADE

For the Boy Scout movement
in Washington. will give
$, in four payments
of S- each-first pay
ment to be made or December
l. 1915. and continue every six
months until the last payment
Is made on June !. 1917.
Name ...-..s.ss
Address
Date. ..s....s
Obtained by.
Checks should be made pay
able to A. c. West, assistant
treasurer, Boy Scouts of Amer
lea, American National Bank.
1915 F. street northwest, Wash
ington, d. c.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
Miss Koon to Entertain Blind.

The National Library for the Blind.
lT29-H street northwest. announces a
reading next Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock by Miss Edith Koon of Owen
Wister's The Penticost of Calamity"
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21

Commissioner Louis BrownIow will
be the guest of the Nid-City Citizens
Association at its November meeting
at 1909 Seventh street northwest to-
morrow night President A. J. DriS-
coll will name standing committees
for the ensuing year
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
SELECT VARSITY DEBATERs.
Morehouse and jacobson VIII Speak
mt North Carolina.

George Washington University has
selected its team to debate the Univer-
sity of North Carolina on December 20
in North Carolina. The local univer-
sity will be represented by PGad Bryan
Morehouse. of Arizona, and Charles w.
Jacobson, of Georgia.
The subject will be. Resolved. That
the government should own and ope-
rate the telegraph systems OF the
United States: constitutionally con-
coded" George Washington Will up
hold the affirmative
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16
MRS. BELMONT SOON
TO LEAVE HOSPITAL
Rallies Rapidly After Operation
for Appendicitis on
Monday.

Mrs. August Belmont, who was oper-
ated on for appendicitis on Monday.
will leave the General Memorial Hos
pital, Central Park West and lO6th
Street, in week or ten days, accord
ing to q statement made yesterday by
her husband.
The former Eleanor Robson had be-
come exhausted by her philanthropie
work, particularly that Of the Working
Girls Vacation Fund She went 20 her
country estate al Hampstead. but her
condition did not improve, and she re-
turned 10 the Belmont town house, at
"a East Thirty-fourth Street.
On Friday Mrs. Belmont was con-
fined 20 bed, and on Monday her physi-
clan ordered an immediate operation.
She rallied rapidly, and yesterday Mr..
Belmont spent several hours with her
and said that no complications were ex-
pected
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thorlties. But when certified milk can
not be had, and when 1t is impossible
FOR a mother TO see for herself how the
milk she uses Is produced, she should
heat all the milk she uses for the baby
in order to kill the disease germs which
il may be carrying. Among the disease
germs which thrive in milk are those OF
tuberculosis, typhoid fever, diphtheria,
scarlet fever and diarrhea.
Germs multiply very rapidly in milk,
so rapidly, in fact, that even If 1t IS
reasonably clean when drawn It may
become dangerous food II left standing
in a warm place for some time. These
germs may be killed by heating the
milk. Boiling it Cor half an hour is
safe method, and is sometimes sdyis-
able IN very hot weatheri but the
method of heating the milk without
boiling it called pasteurizing Is usually
employed. An easy method Of home
pasteurization is as follows;
How to Pasteurize MIX.
Put a gallon Of water over the fire In
a clean pan or kettle. When the water
q boiling hard take the kettle from the
fire and allow it to stand on a table for
ten minutes uncovered Then put IN
the filed and corked nursing bottles
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of the subject of homemaking, says
! Miss Comstock, and adds; "The most
important feature OF homemaking Is
mothering.
at is not necessary that other
studies should be neglected for the
teaching of motherhood. But little,
a very little, time given each year,
every year. will go long way. But
will go a long way merely as a prelimi-
nary study. And this time is not
wasted. Even If girl is not looking
forward to motherhood. and every nor
nal girl looks forward to it, and most
Of them eventually become mothers,
this teaching Is not wasted.
"If 1t is difficult to teach these things
at school why not have vacation camps
during the summer where these girls
can have their laboratory work, so to
speak. There might even be, In con-
nection, a kindergarten where they
might observe, and by learning to play
properly with the children, learn some
thing Of the mental training of the
child"
But the most important phase of all
is the Mothercraft school, declares Miss
Comstock, who has just compiled book
entitled "Mothercraft" from articles
which she has written for Good
Housekeeping Magazine" She has writ
ten novels and literature Of divers
sorts.
But her greatest interest lies in
motherhood and its terrible abuses.
She is not greatly interested In the
birth rate. But she is interested in
the death rate. "A child under one
year of age dies somewhere every ten
seconds. A hundred and eighty of them
die while you are at breakfast. And
the reason, purely and simply, is igno
rance. If all mothers knew the few
simple things which they might learn
from a school of mothercraft, the great
proportions of deaths from preventa-
BILE diseases would cease"
miss Mary Read, who has opened
school for mothercraft In Now York
City, is a wonderful little woman. In
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ments in the world the movement
which gives rise to the Mothercraft
schools. There are few in the West
and few in the East. The idea travels
slowly, but that is not because the
mothers do not want to learn.
81 do not believe that am militantly
optimistic. But I am quite sure that
each woman wants TO be the best
mother she possibly can be. She seizes
every bit Of information on the subject
with avdity. The only trouble is that
hitherto she has been receiving the
wrong sort Of information.
Mothers meetings can be the
most excellent things in the world.
They are sometimes the most perni-
cious.
"The person who is in charge Of
the meeting must be a trained
leader. 1t must be a person who
knows his subject, not specifically,
but in every aspect. When there is
an inexperienced leader, or no leader
at all, save the woman who knows
because she nursed Johnny through
typhoid and diphtheria without a
nurse, the meetings merely become
breeding holes for misinformation.
Instead Of science the women learn
superstition. They mistake for laws
the exceptions to the laws.
Every community in the coun-
try should have some facility for the
teaching Of motherhood. And where
the people live so far apart that
there is no community at all, the
women must learn that the govern
ment at Washington will send out
all possible useful and necessary in
formation for the asking"
The care of a child seems to be a
wider subject than has hitherto been
conceded. To learn It properly, each
little girl, when she Is in school, in the
grammar school, in the high school, and
in the colleges, should learn something
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16

and leave them for half an hour, COW
ering the kettle meanwhile with a
blanket. At the end Of the half hour
remove the bottles and cool them as
quickly as possible to 80 degrees and
put them where they will keep cool I'M
Ill needed.
When it IL time TO feed the baby
take out a bottle and set II In a pail Of
warm water over the fire to heat. The
mother may test the warmth Of the
milk by sprinkling a few drops on her
arm. If it feels just slightly warm 1t
will be right for the baby.
After the baby has finished the bot
tie should be emptied, rinsed and filed
with cold water. At some convenient
hour in the day the mother will wash
all the used bottles with soap and
warm water, using a bottle brush TO
clean the inside of them She should
then rinse them and boil them in the
same pan or kettle In which they were
pasteurized. This kettle and all the
dishes used in preparing the baby's
food should be kept for that purpose
alone
Special Treatment of Nipples.
The nipple should be washed care
fully little salt rubbed on the in
side will remove the milk. They should
then be rinsed and dropped into boiling
water for few moments. They will
dry with their own heat when removed.
They should then be put away in a dry
glass Jar that has also been boiled, COW
cred and kept out of the light.
When handling the sterilized nipples
take hold Of them by the lower rim.
Do not touch the part which Is to go
into the baby's mouth. Never put the
nipple into the mouth to test the milk.
as the baby might easily be made sick
If the mother happened to have a cold
or throat trouble.
II will be found convenient TO have
enough bottles, nipples and clean bot
tie corks for the entire twenty-four
hours, and it will be a great saving Of
time II all the feelings are made up at
once. This will also insure their being
Of uniform quality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16

\IoTHING Is so important to the
v health of the baby IN summer
as the right kind Of food.
Wien for any reason breast milk can
i'' Be had the correct substitute must
b found
Experience an many thousands Of
uses has shown that cows milk is the
'aly food that can take the place Of
h''hsfs milk with even a fair prospect
" having It agree with the baby.
"t.her condensed milk nor the infant
'''a' sold In the stores are as good as
van cows milk for the baby who can
l" have breast milk.
Clean Milk Defined.
81, to have clean milk It Is neces-
~ to have clean cows, clean barns,
S"a mixers, clean pals and clean
lalsiihg. Later articles in this series
'A deal more particularly with the
','!se' o. milk The country mother is
~''a able TO see the conditions under
g. .''h the milk she uses Is produced.
., ~! mothers, on the other hand, have
:. :. Protection that is afforded when the
'hspects It's own milk supply.
- some cities IL is possible to buy
--' " known as certified" milk. This
-. - little more than ordinary milk,
y" !" purity is guaranteed by the au-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16

beginning Of time, by an army Of
amateurs. 1t il now necessary to
make of every woman professional.
1T is laughabie to know that
stenographer studies for two or
three months at the least for the
simple task of taking dictation and
then transcribing it to typewriter
sheet. She does that because no
man should think Of employing her
if she did not know her work with
certain degree Of expertness. But
she is quite willing to accept the
most responsible position which the
world has to offer her with no other
education than a few housewives
tales and a mothers instinct which
has been raised from the unscientific
ranks of common sense"
Her husband is quite willing to en-
ploy her for this task Of taking full
charge Of human being, which is I'M
doubtedly more important than taking
charge of some correspondence. But
that is because he knows nothing Of
this important Job, and is quite as
culpably negligent as his partner. The
child has nothing to say in the matter.
If things do not suit it, it can die"
This is the situation as Miss Sarah
Comstock, investigator, sees it. Miss
Comstock has travelled throughout this
country and other countries studying
methods of caring for and methods Of
teaching the care Of children TO moth
ers and prospective mothers. The best
impetus has come from Germany, she
finds. England has done notable work
in its school for nursery nurses. And
America is lamentably behind in every
respect. She quotes figures to show
the truly dramatic quality which our
oversight takes.
eve rank first in national wealth.
Our infant mortality rate is estimated
as about the twentieth best in a list Of
thirty-one civilized countries" But
she halls as one Of the greatest move
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16

her school the young girl may learn
much that is of service TO her The
married woman may learn homemak-
ing. The prospective mother may learn
the many things of value concerning
the prenatal care Of the mother and
child. And she may start the study
which must be kept up throughout the
childhood of the child-and forever
after, probably, for true efficiency, on
its physical and mental care"
Motherhood is the newest profes-
sion in the world, apparently. II is
tho newest science. on the oldest
subject.
But science 10 not enough. "H
science were enough We should best
send our children at once to asy-
lums. But one-half Of the children
in orphan asylums die. And the
reason for that is that they lack in
one thing which is incalculable.
And that is mother love, or just
plain mothering. That subtle,
psychic thing is translated into
health and the physical well-being
of the child. Therefore | think that
any woman who voluntarily shirks
the care of her child is not only fool
ishly wasting the greatest JOY of life,
abe is cheating her child Of that
which no amount Of science unal-
loved can ever give him."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16
By HENRIETTA RODMAN.

"Why aren't schools and community
centres and churches and settlements
all using moving pictures TO teach chill
dren how butterflies develop from
caterpillars, how silk is made and how
the Russians live% l asked orrin G.
Cocks, advisory secretary Of the Ma
tionsl Board Of Censorship.
"Absurdly little is being taught by
the movies in comparison with their
marvellous possibilities for giving de-
light and real knowledge Of life at the
same time. What is the natter"
That's a vital question" said Mr..
Cocks. "You probably know. that the
community centres, and the depart
ment Of lectures are exhibiting moving
pictures"
"But they're so poor" I interrupted
an comparison with the vaudeville
comedies and thrillers most Of the edu-
cational pictures are dull and the films
are spotted and scratched. Yet these
are the pictures that the children
ought to see, and the ones that their
parents want them TO sec"
"The trouble Is that the schools and
community centres are not sufficiently
good customers" Mr.. Cocks explained
1.-THE business of producing moving
pictures Is organized to supply the de-
mand of the vaudeville houses. They
use films seven days a week and don't,
as a rule, attempt to select them but
exhibit what the exchanges send them
Naturally, the exchanges prefer to
deal with a large group Of steady ana
undiscriminating customers. when
the middlemen order films from the
producers the commercial shows are
the customers they have in mind.
"The schools, public lectures and
community centres use films only &C.
casionally, and they want a selected
programme. The exchanges are not
supplied with reels from which selec'
tions may be made. They keep in
stock only the pictures produced dur
ing the last five or six months"
"What becomes Of the old flms7" l
asked. "I've seen some that had ire
mendous educational value. but
never could find them again"
1.-THE films are worn out and the
negatives are forgotten In the manu-
facturers cellars. The commercial
houses want novelty. and the film that
lacks it is practically worthless. There
isn't enough demand for old subjects
to make it worth the manufacturers
while to reproduce them"
what are we TO do? I demanded.
eve need some Of those pictures as
much as we need books to educate the
children"
"The demand for educational pict-
ures must be organized" replied Mr..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16
The Expert Shopper

similar material at the dress goods
counters, while prices are usually much
less.
Not the least important on the list Of
upholstery items are many little wash
able GALLONS and fringes, cotton tap
estry borderings and landings Of va
rious widths, which are 20 be had in
all the fashionable colorings. These
are ideal for dress or hat trimmings
and will stand the toughest Of wear.
A tour through well stocked up
holstery department, with a view TO
utilizing the goods displayed along
dressmaking or millinery lines, will be
full Of suggestion TO a shrewd buyer,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16
MarShmallow Parfait-

Cook ore cup Of milk, one-half cup
Q. rgsr, one-haf teaspoon Of butter,
two tablespoons Of vanilla IN double
bolu. Dissolve one teaspoon Of AL
rovroot in three tablespoons Of milk
ana boil two minutes and pour over
two beaten yo,kS Remove from fire
and beat well. Cool; add one cup Of
gssn, whipped, and one cup Of marsh
rsTsvs Gu: into bits and softened in
be even.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16
inexpensive Voiles.

Dordered curtain voiles, showing
u@aaated bands Of heavier weave,
''~'is' 70 ratine, are quickly picked
~ clever buyers who see
= Them dressmaking possibilities
~" out Of proportion TO the price
a'Aeo Tor these goods when sold by
"' yard. Some Of the ecru shades are
FN"egisriy desirable in these fabrics,
combined with black and white
,-''s'a' make becoming afternoon
s.ss'ss for country wear All tho
.''Aed or snowflake patterns Of wolfe,
a popular for curtsining, are almost
''ssl with the designs shown in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16

A later article will give few direc-
lions for modifying the milk for babies
Of different ages. Whenever possible
it Is best for mother to have the ad-
vice Of a good physician In regard to
feeding her baby.
Whenever possible, the baby's bottles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16
W9S ETU a ~~ET Washington
Ill Life-Savng Facts About eeding

should be kept on ice. A homemade re-
frigerator which will keep the milk
sweet for twenty-four hours is easily
and cheaply made at home. For this
purpose procure lard or candy pail,
or a galvanized bucket, or even a
wooden box with cover. In the bot