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tearing " 70 bits. threw II in the waste
basket lest any one see so elaring a
proof OF my ignorance. That made me
realize more than ever the vast lack
of knowledge upon the subject. /, who
was the mother of five children, found
myself not sufficiently equipped to IN
diligently aid another woman going
through It for the first time
Our greatest fear was the adverse
criticism which might be aroused.
What would they say TO The pro-
ceeding? Would they above all
else. consider that The govern,
upon their professional rights Yet
back of il all clamored that insistent
call. voiced by the many letters we
had received. for just such information
we intended preparing. And we
went on.
I'm the preparation of the bulletin II
was necessary to obtain the views of
the most eminent physicians upon the
subject; to find sirnilarities and dis
similarities in methods. 1t meant Gull
ing from the vast amount of profess
sional knowledge that which seemed
best suited to the general mother, and
of so presenting IT that she was neither
frightened at the responsibility of
motherhood. nor allowed to become laA
in her care of herself and the baby
When the first copy had been fin
ished I visited New York. Philadelphia,
Boston and Baltimore, talking with
prominent doctors, seeking their views,
asking their advice and keeping a con-
slant watch for helpful suggestions
This trip convinced me that we would
have no reason to regret the step we
had taken so far the physicians
were concerned. 1t seemed to me thai
the more prominent a doctor was the
more cordial his welcome. the more
sincere his enthusiasm and desire to
help.
After the final manuscript had been
prepared we decided that the hest
course was to submit 1t to one physi-
clan OF standing. to secure the final
opinion of a single man. So ! went to
Baltimore and there discussed the
paper with an eminent obstetrician
Together we went over the manuscript
with minute care. / can give nc
better instance of the consideration
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minutes and yet, There's the kaiser
IN front eating plum tar,s" WHISPERED
sophie staring at the well known
figure in the gray car. What activity
It's not possible said the grand
duchess. And she told her minister of
state that evening. He cannot be
everywhere.
''Wil your highness have the expia-
natione' asks the genial Eyschep. His
imperial and royal majesty is at the
'front.'
"A humble citizen of Shrek. across the
border. had n similar dilemma when he
came upon business trip to LuXem-
burg. Returning to Shrek. he asserted
in the cafes that the kaiser was not
at the front, because he was here.
They took him to the police.
You are accused of spreading false
news said the commissary- TIL"
kaiser is auf dem front The proof is
that the papers say so.
But. insisted the Sucker Il arrived
from Luxembourg. ] saw the kaiser this
morning with my own eyes.
at proves nothing, said the conf
missary.
"'Therc are three kaisers in Luxen-
burg. How do you know which one
YOU saw "
And II was true.
One real kaiser aud TWO limitations"
said the minister OF state to Marie
Adelaide. Two officers. having the
build and look "f the kaiser. have re-
c-ived The order to make up as his
doubles. They wear the great blue
cloak. falling low over the boots, the
cap with garnet band. they wax their
mustacheS and black their browS to
meet over the nose. They even repro
duce his voice. Capt. Weiss actually
harangued the troops yesterday. And
they circulate in great gray automo-
biles with the garnet stripe and black
imperial eagle, constantly outwitting
the curious. No spy or assassin can
keep up with the kaiser. He is stimuli
taneously in the faubourgs, on the road
to Treves and at the HOVER market. In
reality, he Is working at the legation
How shall q romantic girl resist such
doingSo Few women resist the per
sonality of the kaiser. Her subjects
have criticised the grand duchess for
inviting him to second dinner after
the state affair. But, remember. all
her ladies of honor are Germans. and
all her officers of the palace. except
one who is grand ducal. II is hard to
stand against such influences.
The worst is that she is only twenty
one, beautiful. unmarried and has five
younger sisters TO look after each
prettier than the other Charlotte is
aged nineteen: Hilda. eighteen: An
toinette, sixteen: Elizabeth. fourteen,
and Sophie, thirteen.
II shall not marry, says the grand
duchess.
We shall not marry" repeat Char
lotre, Hilda, Antoinette. Elizabeth and
Sophie.
Yes, but young things must marry. 1t
is their nature. And whom shall they
marry? 1t is very complicated. The
want their say about it.
They dread the fate of their cousin.
Queen Wilhelmina, for them.
- =
They have no brothers Their father
is dead. And the law of 901 rules the
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sreeisl cx-.,oondence Of Tie Star.
PARIS. April q.

PARIS, April %. 1915.
VIZ 0EEN the German army en-
NAX tered Luxembourg. August Z
WV a lovely young girl went out
" " to meet them and barred the
way with her automobile. She was the
ruler Of the land.
Your grand ducaI highness had hest
20 home and play the piano. said Gen
ro7 Bulov. Tears stood in her eyes
as she vert.
Thus Marie Adelaide vas or her dig
ri.r when, three weeks later, the kaiser
Transported his headquarters from
Aavence to her little capital and stayed
= month He put I'D at the German
legation, with his generals. courtiers
and cooks. Ma chine guns stood on the
roof and the streets around were
haired. From his window he had a
oretty view of hills. valleys and Httle
r,y.r AI.ette. ard re would sit long and
gaze.
What are those ruins ! see from my
Window he asked the grand duchess
CT, his formal call.
sire" she replied. they are the re
mains of a fortress constructed pH
yauban for the French king LOUIS
XIV
Conversation languished-
And the old walls beyond the "ihd-
MILF"
Sire. they were of chateau pun
nv the Marquis de Crequy after he haa
dictated peace 10 the elector OF branden-
burg"
Conversation languished more. Again
the polite kaiser venture'l:
And the charming road up 10 thei''.
Has 1t any history"
"s,ra but little" replied Marie Ade-
,ajde- except that in 1875 along 1t Gen
Ambert forced the fmperialsts 10
capitulate.'
Then she mentioned her automobile
permit When the Germans entered
fhev promised to respect all constltu-
t;onal rights Yet LuxemburRers may
not automobile over their own ROADS
without permission
Even I carry peIn.l.. .t $40
q pass signed and dated by Prussiah
major: ...o.;o,,.- s,id
the kaiser.
Marie Adelaide could not see it. and
resolved to be very stiff whenever she
should meet the kaiser In his big gray
Ear striped garnet There he comes"
acclaimed her thirteen-year- sister
Sophie as they rolled beside the Alzette.
sChaufYeur. to the right began the
rounded beauty. But 1t was the kaiser
gho did the snubbing because his auto
pwerved into the highway ahead and
vent scorching toward Traves. To their
Jreat surprise. ten minutes later they
beheld the kaiser coming out of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02
HeckIing at Princeton.

1IECKLERS have their work cut out
L. for them when they tackle Billy
Sunday.
Princeton heckler shouted up to the
evangelist on his recent Princeton visit:
Hey. Billy. who was Gains wife,"
Billy Sunday laughed. and answered:
Il like that young man. and I'm going
to give him a word of advice. My au-
vice to him is this: Don't you go and
lose your souls salvation. my boy, in
quiring after other mems wives"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02
The Chronic.

mRESIDENT VAIL of the American
u Telegraph and Telephone Company
said to New York reporter:
american business conditions are
funda mentally excellent. Let US, then,
say So Don't let us be like the chronic
invalid, whose wife remarked of him.
sarcastically:
james has been enjoying poor
health for some time now, but today hs
complains of feeling better"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02

coming. Much of the trouble In rails
ing children. which is too evident now
adays. is due to lack of thought on
the mothers part, according to my
opinion. She falls to look beyond the
immediate present. to comprehend what
her mode of punishment, for example.
may bring out in the child in after
years. So long as she corrects his
present bad habits, she is satisfied
Combined with the Qaturai auaiihca-
tons for her work. Mrs. West brings
to her task a vast fund of understand
ing and sympathy Moreover. she has
the gift Of converting a government
document" into readable paper. aside
from any data which it may contain.
In speaking of this Mrs. West told Of
how she began the work:
II am a college graduate" she said,
land have in addition written for pub
LEGATION since I grew up. When, sew
en- years ago, was left a widow I
went into government service. I soon
learned that to succeed a definite line
was necessary. To be just "a clerk
did not suffice. Had I known stenog-
raphy. typewriting some one of the
other specialties it would have been
different. But ir those days I was one
of that vast army of just clerks My
st;a, ar,,,aatasi w. ~ IN.
completed 1 was transferred to the
tariff board. and remained with that
body until its close.
month previous tne chi'dren pu-
nrn.ed nv t,,ird hsrth A. ;,a ~ IN, 10
my transfer I had never had anv idea
of specializing on motherhood and
babies; Ny one ACCOMPLISHMENT lay IN
my apihts " "llte' a.o ~ WAS III
seeh'ns an outlet Tor this That / also
found the other
Much mat KNOW today III the rails
ing of children ] have learned since
ing that represent an average moth
eT- and yet realizing my own lack of
knowledge made me sec how great
was the need of lust such publications
as 'he bureau mas neen issuing. A sub
feet such this. upon which
every woman should be fully and in
teilisently informed. proved to be q
held wherein there was Il dearth OF
Information
s.
One who goes TO the chiidrens bu-
-.au ,or he,n will surely fnd a resdv
,is,snar in Mrs west slight with
hstener III Nre. oAshl' Win
grazing hair and blue eyes. she has 4
Quick understanding. and smile which
disarms shvnes.. She has the Gift of
r,tt,,9 b>r ouestioner ar ease so that
putt'hs her aues'ioner d. ease' SO tha'
she soon knows the whole situation
and can In a few we'll chosen words
nut,;ne the hest course to pursue
W. er,,,,,- ,,a,ia,,as +ho. .
MIS- ".s' ~ ."a, 'ne
bureau or when she Is part Is one
of the most important in the govern
,nent service and of the greatest value
80 che i. doins OH IN har
10 "oiiie"' anu on. - - ~
powe.' to make II OF the greatest pos
sible assistance.
In starting the care OF children
series. the group name 1or the series
of which prenatal care and in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02

so" concluded DIR. Marsh. ALI IL not
gold that glitters, and lurking in the
most beautiful wayside plans may be
a poison of which it Is as well for the
lover Of country tramps to know and
beware. 1t is a safe rule for the
rambler never to put plant of any
sort into the mouth unless he knows
with certainty that it is non-potsonoua.
and to refrain from handling that Of
which he has suspicion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02
Not Yet.

~RVILLE WRIGHT at a dinner IN
W Dayton said he was we'll pleased
with the progress Of aviation m amer
lea.
"All the same" he added. Il don't
think the time has yet come that whom
you go into a shop and ask for ny pa
per the shopkeeper will answer:
Ives, sir: and which do you pre-
fer. the Aeronautical Weekly or the
Aviation Daily News?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02

1eg Writes
AdeladeShe Attempted to Territory
Started but Ksers Told Her
cuh Since Opening ConfGc-Has Five Younger All Six
Say They Will Never ManyBm the Want About
erRuers Subjects Confined Pian
Medal Presented by the
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look ana smell ike the familiar par
snip. sometimes tempting the hungry
rambler to rash bite.
-.
Since the middle of the sixteenth
century the deadly qualities of this
plant have been definitely known and
the symptoms produced by it's poison
have been accurately described many
times" DR.. Marsh took a book from
a case. Here is the earliest published
work I know upon the water hemlock. .
1t was an old vellum bound volume.
dated 1879, intrinsicalIy treasure
trove to the collector. Written by one
J. ]. Wepfer, the treatise was in Latin.
but DR.. Marsh translated for his visitor
the pathetic story of eight children liv-
ing in Germany, near the Danube, who.
finding the plant easily uprooted, dug
it up and ate the roots with fatal re-
suits.
That tragic European story 10 re-
peated hereto US again and again"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02

have turned Lincieres into Junglinster,
and Merise into Mersch. Mersch, La
Rochelle has become Fels. Rosiere is
Roeser and sweet Andelheme is Hos
bert. Is it a military necessity? Do
you seek only right of PASSAGE as you
promised" 1t has the odor of annexa-
ton Ny people are worried
The kaiser shifted the air.
What is that delicious perfume: :" he
inquired, to change the subject.
Marie Adelaide gave him "a harder
bill pick.
TT is called Champs Elysees,'" she
answered. handing him the bottle with
the name on. The kaiser had no right
to see an impertinence. Yet. at that
moment, all Luxembourg was Joking
about 1.-The landau of the Champs
Elysees.
It was a magnificent open landau.
which came to the little city empty.
German soldiers escorting it said with
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rolling stock is ruined. Yet you signed
us a treaty never to use our railroads
for military purposes"
The kaiser coughed.
You have changed all the pretty
names Of our towns and villages. You
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02
Mrs. Max West oster Mother to
at Least One Baby i'm Every Town

n OF One of the many thousands
Mk of babies upon whose we'll
ii Nj being she is exerting SO great
- " an influence may ever see Mrs.
Max West. Yet she is foster mother to
village, town and city in the United
States. But, unlike the old woman in
the shoe, Mrs. West knows exactly
what to do and how 1t should be ac-
complished.
This is true for two reasons. First,
she is the mother of five healthy, hap
py children: secondly. she is the author
Of two important bulletins published
by the children's bureau of the De-
partment of Labor dealing with moth
erhood and infant care.
Motherhood and babies are topics
upon which Mrs. West talks willingly
5he is giving the best she has to aid
IN the better babies campaign which
Uncle Sam is waging through the me
aium of his children's bureau. Equipped
with irst-hand knowledge and know
ing the impulses and desires Of moth
erhood. Mrs. West is able to make
these manuals something more than
mere cut and dried government docu-
u1ents. She is giving to the mothers
Of the country handbooks. guides to
motherhood and the care Of the baby
which lack all unessential details Her
one aim is to make them practical
To talk with Mrs. West means to
gain broader. higher idea of the true
dignity of motne rhood, to believe that
baby should be the Joy Of 4 home
and not source OF worry, financial or
otherwise.
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A month later, telephone subscribers
were allowed to send local messages.
You have seized our railroads." she
continued. MY people may not ride
without a dated permit. and 100000
German soldiers have ridden free. The
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Infant Care, and are the first Of
series to cover the general scope Of
childhood The first bulletin vas is
sued in August, 1919. arc - ,oss. than.
TWO years since ther nor. than 10000
copies have been distribute. In The
three months Infant Care" las been
IN circulation nearly 10000 copies have
been distributed. In the great ma ;ority
OF cases the bulletins have been sent
out sfngly, TO individual mothers who
have written for them. instead Of In
iots TO welfare organizations and other
similar bodies
IN the face of scr figures it il dim
cult TO apprecia' The fac, that the
FIRST OF the series undertaken with
grave mfsEivings Hith doubts as
10 its reception.
ganized. Mrs. IVES explained, before
scores OF letters came in from mothers
asking all manner Of questions Many
OF them were OF similar nature, while
others demanded medical advice. and at
that time TO physician was attached to
the bureau Manifestly. II soon be-
came Impossible to keep up with the
food Of correspondence
Yet II was equally manifest that
this bureau stood on more intimate
terms with the mothers Of the country
than did any other government office
1t became imperative. therefore, that
we maintain the closest relationship
possible II the success we hoped for
was TO be achieved. It was At such a
crjsas as this that the solution came in
the proposed series of bulletins the
two already printed being In the group.
II car recall no better example of
how great the demand for Prenatal
Care was than to tell you that in send
Ing out the first few thousand copies
We we're IN most instances doing 30 in
response to letters received az long az
two years previously.
." san scarcely appreciate myself,
Cow that our work has been so warmly
welcomed. that in the beginning we
were SO doubtful of the outcome. When
we undertook to prepare the bulletin
ON prenatal care we were entering
upon a field never before touched by
the government. We were dealing with
subject upon which there was far too
little generally known And we who
were undertaking 1t were all layworn-
en-. u was. therefore. with consider
able miseivings that we entered upon
the actual work.
II have FIVE children. remember
ulite clearly following Miss Lathrop'.
writing what I then thought would be
comprehensive outline for such q
report. Then went to the Congress
sionsl Library and industriously read
every book of any standing upon the
subject. had hardly finished before
took my original manuscript, and.
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1t might be as well to state now
that chestnuts, even from blighted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02

W. 0EEN the German army en-
MAN. tered Luxembourg, August Z,
NY a lovely young girl went out
" " to meet them and barred the
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