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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05

"How would you like to consider living
in Paris?"
Living there?" the words came in
startled gasps. "Do you mean forever?'
He smiled. "Forever is a long time.
But on the other hand, Paris is long
way off. l was about to say for three
years"
"Three years." she echoed family.
"Why, then I'd be thirty-three CHASTITY
age! "Then-then you don't need me
here any more?" she heard herself des-
perately sparring for time.
at would be needless to say. Miss
Harcourt, how much we need you and
your work. If you go abroad, it will
only be because we are assured you
can be of even greater service to us
there.
"Oh," she cried. tinging beneath this
unheard-of praise.
He was viewing her very kindly. "Our
present representative we are losing by
matrimony--as foresaw." He frowned
slightly. The highly trained, high-priced
business woman of manageable age is
an uncertain quantity, as too often he
had found. The question of her successor
becomes, of course, a problem of grave
Importance. There are naturally many
views of it to consider" He was study
ing her narrowly.
First of all. salary. | believe we are
now paying you three thousand dollars
or thereabouts. But living abroad is not
living here" he continued in tone still
casual. "The whole scale of expense you
will find very different. You will have
to live at hotel at first, certainly. You
will have to take cabs when you go out.
A woman in Paris does not walk in the
street alone. You will have to dress
differently" His keen eye took in
every detail of her simple but irreproach-
able little one-piece frock with quiet
approval.
"The post of our Paris representative is
a highly important one. You will have
to dress for the position. For all these
reasons we are prepared to raise your in
come to six thousand dollars"
six thousand dollars!" He could see
her lids give quick throb "You think
I'd be worth all that" she inquired with
characteristic directness.
1--WE are quite willing to take that risk,
Miss Harcourt. said Highly quietly.
but HOW come 10 announcer pOlnt.
We would not care to send you to Paris
and think of you there as homesick or
dissatisfied. If you CO. we want you to
be happy there-,happy enough to want
to. stay. For on our side it is of course
highly important that our representative
should stay. Is there nything, he paused
significantly, anybody on this side to
prevent it?"
The first trace of anxiety betrayed it.
self in his tone as she made no answer.
ooh, | see. You want more time to
consider. You are quite right" he con-
ceded reluctantly. "The change is
serious one. If you had family to con-
slider, we could perhaps scarcely suggest
it; but you are, understand, quite
alone?"
"Quite alone" the words were almost
steady
"And can you continue so?" He
studied her gravely. "We are asking for
a contract only for three years."
He paused, permitting the words to
sink in. If the offer had come year be-
fore, with what jubilance she would have
tod "a fL<,,, IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05
By VERA EDMONDSON
illustrations BY ". NJ Prince

want more than that" He was viewinr
her intently, though his tone was casual.
"How would you like to consider living
in Paris?"
Living there?" the words came in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

George Bernard Shaw, who intends 10
visit the United States before long ana
who has been writing appeals to the
pubIic to contribute to the fund OF the
Commission for Relief in Belgium has
demonstrated that he himself INDUCES
in the practices he urges upon others
AT the local Office of the commission
M n Broadway, a check for 500 l. was
received from the English writer III
q letter accompanying his conIriou''O"
he stated: a.,
"As cannot decently call upon the
..,.iJ % contribute to your funds WIN
cut setting an example myself ! inc'oSe
cboct for as much as | think J can
ford at this particular moment "hen
= is co extremely hard to find out what
ones real financial position IS going
to be-" o-
Additional gifts of 1856 20 we're an
,orrced Yesterday by the Committee
If Mercy, the Offices Of which are ~
ooo with av. The money was CONTRIB
,,od 70 the general, Belgian. Polish ana
British funds. -.
An urgent appeal for the relief OF
Russian Poles in Warsaw was received
-. Tho offices Of the American Iolish
Relief Committee. at 4S7 Fifth az. II
was contained in letter from the huS-
sian city. which came overland oy way
90 Siberia and across the Pacific Ocean,
ho;no a month in transit. In the letter
II WAS declared that women ana ehll-
d,or were even then in an actual state
Of starvation.
The receipts Of the song recital oy
Nine. Sembrich at Carnegie HAL OF
rruosdav afternoon amounted to go
7oA 30. il was announced last nigh~
The money will be turned over to the
Polish-American Relief Fund.
Two one-act plays, "A Drawer and
"The Book Agent" by Louise hsrr' Will
he given for the benefit OF the Belgian
Fund at the Berkeley Theatre to-mor-
row afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. Be-
tween the acts folksongs will be sung
Assisting Miss Karr will be A. b. Gil
lam. Theodore |. Coe, William x. Der
rick. Mrs. Gillian. Mrs. Derrick Miss
Drummond. Burns Gillian and {. Drum
mond.
The total contributions made yester-
day 20 the Belgian Fund were $780,
262 80, making the total fund to date
$3.50. 543 Is. One little boy gave o.
cents. which he earned by painting
Christmas cards and selling .hem Two
Students at the University OF Wash
irgton. who wrote that they were
sweethearts, declared that instead OF
exchanging Christmas gifts they put
the money together and gave IL for re-
lief purposes. They sent S.. A woman
in Pennsylyanis sent SIS, which repre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14
SHAW SENDS S255 II CHECK
British Dramatist, in Letter to Belgian Kehef Fund
Says Sum Is All He Can Afford, as he Can't
Find Out Whether He Is Rich Poor

scented, she said, the cost Of luncheon
desserts her children had sacrificed.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby the articles in the comfort kits
which the Lafayette Fund is serl ling to
the French soldiers at the front yil! be
increased. In addition 20 the suit OF
Aeecc-lined underwear abdominal bell
safety pin. socks, muller and SOAP, each
kit will hereafter contain box Of
chocolate, pencil and paper, a corncob
pipe and tin Of tobacco.
The fourth shipment Of these kits,
1900 Of them. will be made on Monday
On the French liner Rochambeau. The
lafayette Fund expects IN the near fut-
ure to send two ambulances 10 the
French military authorities.
Mrs. Whitney Warren. Of is East
47th st., Yesterday received eontribu-
tions to the fund of the Secours Ma
tional that brought the total amount %
$52,9l3 40. More money Is needed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

tics in the United States have given US
folksongs, spots in the West and in the
North.
Cities Cannot Give Rise TO folksongs.
"But the cities, with their frenzy,
their worse than precocity, cannot give
rise to a folksong. They can but exude
the vice in which and for which they
we're conceived. The germ of real
thought, of an honest emotion is neces-
sary. and who would think of search
ing for these and such poisonous weeds
as flourish under the name popular
song"
But then, | wonder, since no kind
words came from Nine. Fremstad, we
will have to interview our office boy
Surely he who carols will give US
brief for the street song of to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

come easily. Let them hear good music
when they are young, and they will
eschew the other unspeakable stuff.
an Germany tiny children are taken
TO hear good music. 1t creates real
thought in them. They would not stand
for this so-called popular music. And
there, too, good music is cheap. 1t is
too expensive here. 1t entails sacrifice,
and people will not sacrifice for pleas
ure when they can have a substitute.
america has few folksongs. They
must arise from knowledge, and knowl-
edge means sorrow, real sorrow. The
negroes have folksongs, because they
are the songs Of their slavery, the out
come Of their walls, their prayers and
their hopes. A few isolated communi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14
The Popular Songs So Guilelessly
Sung by Our Daughters Are
Vicious, Warns Mime. Frermstad
Not an American Folksong, but Poi
sonous Weed, Is the Rag" Which
Insidiously Affects the Young, Who.
Half Understanding, Sing II, Says
the Prisna Donna.

music is easy TO find" declared Nine.
Fremstad in subdued evaporation as
she settled back in her seat during n
recent rehearsal at Carnegie Hall
People do not want to think They are
afraid to use their minds at all. They
want pleasure, and they want it in the
quickest and easiest way possible. So
they throng to restaurants and they
dance the tango. The tango supplies
the same kind of sensation as does the
music. II is ell of a class"
Song writers, publishers and play
producers recognize the fact that their
public wants this music and literature.
And unframed composers" at once
turn out thousands Of the kind Of song
that debases all who sing and hear.
these songs necessarily have on evil
influence on all" observed the prima
donna.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14
Relief for Hands Made
Rough BY Housework

The dishes won't wash themselves.
nor Will other housework get Itself out
OF the way. woman's hands must
do it-snd suffer the consequences In
unsightly roughness and redness and
In painful ohappina.
Unless-At night before retiring
and again In the mornlno-sppiy
vELOCEN literally 20 nano, land
face N cheeks or lips are dry and
chspped), wlplng away what 10 not
rubbed In. It's gentle soiienlng relieves
the harsh dryness. soothing the irrits I.
lions and healing the cracks.
VElOOEN-wel named "oeauty's
Cuardian"-restores the skin without
growing hair.
Your druggist sells it-25e a tube
Aayf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

kkC ONE one" had been saying
= things about the popular
songs. They weren't nice
things at all. so we went 20 Nine. Olive
Fremstad, she being an expert and a
lovely person. 70 bespeak some encour-
aging words for our psrlor Tits. But
she pronounced still more horrid an
athemas upon them. so horrid, indeed.
that We felt impelled TO print them,
and here they are:
American popular music is but an
other evidence of the frantic and in
sensate hunt for pleasure that mott
Yates city life. 1t is one Of the many
expressions of devastating unthiuk-
ingness on the part OF intelligent peo-
pie. And pahdering 70 this is a leering
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

Perhaps your features cannot adapt
themselves to the rakishly posed cap
Of either Tommy or Sandy. or yet to
the dented-in shape Of cookade trim
med hat. Il may be that your face IS
better suited to the helmet. II SO, you
are fortunate, for the helmet IS ultra
fashionable in velvet. Order one o.
them in darkest blue or brown, taupe
or black. and note how becomingly its
depressed narrow brim will shade your
features. Relieve it with few bright
or white wings supplied b. the pigeon
but named for the war god-Mercury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

We'll adapted to its purpose. sun
.h.d,ne for the South. Is the rolling
hr;mmed. white hemp, white kid banded
hat st the top.
A single cockads in MORE r'ooon'
- ~ front centre on tiny shape
- = rs,vet stands conspicuously out
-, ~. crown. which, square pri-
morilv. is denied at the sides and the
NM" :, Ignores the presence OF mar
80, brim which turns sharply ana
io ra,ber than rolls irregulAriy'
The jaunty hcadgear Of the soldier la,. or
10 n.rinc expresses the light hearted
W. - gallant person who is very
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14
Dried Fruits and Vegetables
n... as Well as Smoked and Salt Fish Have Food
Value Overlooked Too Often.

prrD fruits and vegetables.
N ,noked and salt fish are too
IL .f+en overlooked by the woman
So, not know their value or the
=. sso finds 10 a bother to prepare
-. h.ar family. 8 large one with
-. branches, is a great boon in
81, III regulated winter kitchen. The
" r,vv or pea beans. washed and
- aver night, then parboiled un-
-. skin VIII crack II exposed TO
7 ,irs second. turned into the beam
", tbree-Qusrters Of a cup Of mo-
,,oper. self and full cup Of
Ter tsey were boiled in. with a
.i,ed cube Of picked pork well
80 80 placed So Tie cen're, then baked
F.. hours. make the famous sun
I. naming Boston breakfast dish. and
...-r5 be accompanied by brown bread.
Msrrowfst Beans.
%. big msrroorat beans are used
.-s,,Ilv for bean soup or puree.
r...i,,.e beans soaked out, then
ND or stewed. and served with a
- butter and parsley sauce, are as
'-.,.ssvecetable IS fresh lima beans
.. q sgmner. Dried lims beans are
~,uv good treated IN the same way,
y, A., the blsck beans Of Mexico and
-,d beans from the South.
s,pt peas, yellow or green, are in
abb, soup factors, while the whole
-, peas. soaked and steamed. are
-oa IS good as fresh. and infinitely
...sr than most canned peas.
,.,tns. the staple in many German
,-u are not we'll enough known in
l-.5,sn homes. They sre likely soon
=. bs scarce in market as none are
s-ing over now
The possibilities OF prunes. dates.
q, evsporated apples and apricots are
.rol for breakfast fruits, pies, pud-
ms and other uses.
Smoked salmon and cturGeon are
s.ss BY most people just as they come,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14
Words and Music Vicious.

"The popular music that Is so bland
ly introduced into drawing rooms, that
is so guilelessly sung by our daughters,
is vicious. The words are evil. And
the music, which 70 some extent In
terprets the words. is still more I'm
moral. The songs are sensual, and
they appeal TO audiences who frequent
music halls, restaurants and dance
halls for that very reason. They are
searching for excitement and stimula-
ton, and find IL in the foolish yet sug-
gestiye words in the insidious rhythm
Of the latest rags.
"The reason for this terrifying love
Of indecent and even uninteresting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14
WILL OPEN PILGRIM HALL
Broadway Tabernacle to Ded .
icate It's New Forum.

Pilgrim Hall. the new forum of the
Broadway Tabernacle, will be dedicated
this evening. IL seats 700, and fully
equipped kitchen connected with IL can
turn out a square meal for 500. The
new hall resulted from a gift Of $685.
600 made by family in the church on
the condition that another $4,000 was
raised for maintenance.
Participants in the dedicatory eXer-
ciscs will be the Rev. ". a. Kirkwood.
the Rev. j. VI. McCague. Irving r. Fish
err, Dr.. Charles F.. Jefferson, DR.. Lucien
c. Warner. william Ives Washburn,
waldo II. sherman. David x. Porter,
Raymond {. Knox, Walter Laidlaw and
Fred B. Smith.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

the two soft feather fancies hoou'u :,
like a warriors plumage, in the nat II
lu,trsted in the centre. A band OF
brown velvet finishes the bottom Oh 'ne
tooue. 49,.
The severity Of the military hat mas
dictated no doubt the extreme precision
OF line in the high-erOwned, narrow
brimmed sailor Of futed black sh'ib
ribbon and velvet, shown below ana III
the left OF the brown toque. a pisl'
band Of ribbon lies fiat against 'he
middle of the crown, and below 1t Is q
minute cluster Of black lscquered per
ries and leaves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

ll"ALKATIVENESS is a hallmark
of femininity. A silent WON
an may be admirable, but she
stirs uneasiness. She is like a moon in
eclipse, mysterious and fascinating, but
not for daily life
This is what Ida Tarbell says in her
defence of "The laxative Woman"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

"why she chatters and what her chatter
is worth" in "The Woman's Home Com
panion" for February.
"The new woman bent on making
over the sex is contemptuous Of talka-
tivcness," Miss Tarbell continues. "To
allow the simple interests of daily life
to run unconsciously and merrily off
the tongue does not harmonic with
the strenuous career she has planned
for womankind. Not that she would
shut her mouth. Far from it. She
would make her conyersationallst, not
tslker."
And then Miss Tarbell goes on TO
explain why talkativeness has persisted
in women.
Chatter Teaches Children Language.
zone Of their chief obligations has
always been teaching the child to talk.
It could only be done by incesssnt repe-
tition, going over and over the names
OF things until his ear caught the
sound, his tongue framed 1t. II is not
difficult TO sustain the thesis that If
j., we're not for the chsttering Of wo-
men the child could never talk.
But feminine talkatiyeness plays an
other role almost as important as this
If teacher and preseryer OF human
speech. It is that of entertainer and
consider. There is none other so uni
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

mucn in earnest about his mission.
That is why the velvet hat. despite us
rakish pose. has brim turned with
mathematical e1sctitude.
Highlander Cap Remains unaltered.
A comfortable little chapeau is the
Highlander's cap. II is just the thing
20 wear on ones head when shopping
and motoring. and is particularly
fetching above n dark hued pilot cloth
coat lined with clan plaid silk. In
selecting this lining. by the way one
is supposed to use the plaid TO which
one is allied by descent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

FOR TIE THEATRE PARTY. rHE RESrAURANr
<siherlg. tf- ercuins sQria4 funciinas. give the
hulzhllg l0leA % su.r toilet Mae ynlrss1 moe
attractive lovely. With sruc u thfss esQuisits
FSrs creations la sImii D!smluis al prfIss Ilsc.
ira JANtiES sf1 SIN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14

thinly sliced either in sandwiches or
with bread and butter They are very
dainty steamed. or delicately broiled. or
faxed in cream for ramekin dish. with
crumbs, butter, seasoning and a little
finely chopped celery. Finnan haddic,
as IL becomes better known. grows in
popularity. II is excellent broiled or
baked for a breakfast or luncheon dish
Goldfish Broiled and in Balls.
Salt Goldfish comes 10 market in sew
eral forms, but the big whole fish is by
far the best to buy. II makes the best
fshballs, and when & portion is soaked
over night and delicately broiled il
makes a most inviting breakfast dish
The fish comes also cut in square pieces
and packed in boxes, and is better in
this form for those who do not under
stand the management Of the big fish,
but IL has not quite as good favor. That
which is desiccated is usually fiat and
tastcless. The whole fish will cost 30
or so cents and Will yield one breakfast
broil and two breakfasts Of hshcakes.
These are made by adding six or eight
mashed potatoes TO the FISH, with plenty
Of butter, cream and one egg The FISH
should be soaked over night, then scsld-
ed and simmered gently until tender,
but not allowed 70 boil, then faxed.
freed from skin and bones and mashed,
when it is ready for the potato and
seasoning.
Bloaters. Of which English people are
so fond, are not as well liked by Ameri-
cans, though they look tempting on the
stalls and there seems to be g small de-
mand for them constantly. Smoked
cells. herring, cisco and salt mackerel
are all in market and If tried may be
liked well enough TO cat for a change.
All these smoked and dried com
modities are very reasonable in price,
as well as being wholesome. If only
by way Of experiment the cook should
give them a trial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14
Songs Merely Vulgar.

"Ths young girls who sing the
shocking words and sway TO the vulgar
melodies are incontestably affected.
The tendency Is TO pass over this evil
lightly and to say. 'Oh, they done know
the words, and even if they do they
do not stop TO appreciate their mean
ing An inspiringly stupid evasion.
The thought comes first" said Nine.
Fremstad, land thought is not idle
'If these had only some mitigating
bit of worthiness." she sighed. "They
are merely vulgar" Boccaecio, the Pom
padour and other writers and histori-
cal women were wicked, or suggestive,
as the case might be. But they were
interesting. One hates a petty thief,
but the master crook is admirable. All
these songs are not necessarily degrad-
ed, but they are coarse. They lack
cachet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14
Song Writers Must Be Educated.

"A reform is essential, and il must
come not through an education OF the
song writer but through the people
who think that they want the wrong
kind Of thing. They DO not want filth.
They have been brought up in an en-
yironment that makes them imagine
they do.
Doesn't this warm you, this music?'
asked Nine. Fremstad, listening to the
closing strains OF a symphony. "And
the people who cry out in JOY for the
other stuff would want this if they
only were taught TO.
81 am no preacher no moralist. ]
feel that these people have been de-
ludeS. do not cry out against them
or the commercialism which naturally
gives them what they want. But !
would have them taught to think, 20
know that the real things of life do not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14
Ida Tarbell COmmends
the Talkative Woman
Hallmark Femminity and IL Is Not Silly
Says Telling of Its Value.

! versal and on the whole so sure Of its
mark story telling, song singing
sports and dancing combined have not
done more in the world to break the
cismal strain of fatigue, Of pain, OF
Encouragement than the talk Of wo-
men.
Talkatiyeness Not Silly.
"But it is so idle, so silly, this chat
teri Nothing is idle or silly which is
born of an unselfsh impulse to amuse,
10 arouse, or console another. Talk
becomes silly only when it is selfish,
vain. pretentious. No matter what the
subject, il is tedious and uninteresting
when it springs from one Of these
roots. There never yet was a satirist
50 cruel that he found material in the
talk of a woman directed to teaching
her child to speak, to the amusing Of
WORKOUT husband, the consoling Of
suffering friend. The efforts Of women
beautiful and sacred because Of their
intent.
at is not these women who have
make talkativeness a reprosch," Miss
Tarbell declares. at is those who are
contemptuous Of such common services,
those who consider no talk worth while
unless the subject matter is what they
call intellectual
Woman Gives Herself.
Tt Is as natural for the normal wo-
man 10 talk as for the bird TO sing"
she concludes. at Is the spontaneous
expression and giving OF herself. II Is
this naturalness which gives 10 her
talkativeness its perennial charm as
well as its incslculable value in the
scheme of things. The woman In the
human group is much like the Monarch
in Pierre Miles delightful tale Of that
name. why do people call me the
Monarch? WIZ am loved? Why
always happy? Becadse always have
time TO talk. without me the people
around here would be bored TO death.
go and come, laugh and sing, cost
nothing but a glass Of wine and bit
Of supper. What do / give? ! give
myself
The woman gives herself