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continue to drink 1t without any
bad effects. so far as ever heard
1T is said to be somewhat popular
in England among those who are
prejudced against the use of alcohol,
and now that the King has taken II
up, suppose it will have some vogue
in America, but hardly expect II
to supplant beer in the immediate
future.
Ever since Noah got tired OF two
much water and RECALLED himself after
the food with wine" continued the
people have busted themselves In the
invention OF different things to drink,
So far az ever heard. nobody has
even succeeded in producing any
thing quite equal to water. Even a
seasoned old :oper will admit that
at times. But nobody SENS to be sat
isfied with the best drink there IL,
and the result IL a bewildering variety,
OF which barley water IL only one.
There's nothing new about barley
water. 1t has been used for ages, as
! said, or perhaps I didn't say It when
was telling about those old ladies,
but It isn't tho only thing OF it's
own kind that Is in use. l have
often seen a handful or 10 OF oatmeal
thrown into the pail of drinking water
that has to be kept handy for a gang
Of men at work, especially II they
are working in the hot sun.
THAT 10 said to improve the water
not only by giving It flavor that
soma people relish. but by serving
to assuage the thirst better thar
plain water does, II may be true
Probably there is something in ths
idea for those who use it for tins
generally continue to do so.
Possibly there are some othel
grains besides barley and oats tina
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clamoring In vain for admission to the
congress in state of manifest intoXi-
cation, with his crown cooked rakishly
on one side OF his head. several cham
payne bottles under his arm, his face
intiamed and his uniform unhuttoned.
while the doorkeeper IL urging him TO
go home" on the ground that he had
been dining, not wisely but too we'll"
Sad TO relate, this was no overdrawn
picture In so rar as the habits OF rh-
Prussian sovereign OF that day We're
concerned. His excuses NJ the table
were such that the most extraordinary
scenes and incidents would enSue dur
ing the receptions and balls that fol-
lowed the court dinners, the King he-
ing subject To all sorts OF drunken hal
lucinations, some of which were lud!-
crous and others of an extremely pain
rui character,
The fact of the matter is that the
Old World rulers of day are wholly
different in the matter of temperance
and in the observance OF all other
public and domestic virtues from the
majority OF the occupants of thrones
in the first Nalr of the nineteenth con-
fury, In order to appreciate the long
road which monarChs have travelled
in the last hundred years or - il is
only necessary to contrast the action
OF George V. Of England in encourage
ing his people to-day by means ~ en-
ample to abstain from all alcohol and
from stimulantS of every kind With
that If Frederick the Great of pruS-
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Centre picture he late MsorGay his yeto

the average man has who lives IN any
part Of England
To-day the New York man has not
this equal chance, Dr. Riggs insists
that he ought To have It. not merely
for his own sake but also for the
sake Of wife and children, WHO are
dependent on his earnings ard suffer
when he is prematurcly cut of
Not long ago the Life Extension In
stitute, under direction of T.. T.. Eit-
tenhouse, formerly OF the Equitable
Life Assurance Society. made a care
full study Of "A group of some Twelve
hundred men Of middle age, taken at
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This is an Interesting exhibit"
Prof. W!nslow went on, stepping to
still another Of the several panels
leaning against the wal, IL IL en-
titled a Vigorous Old Age and here
are places for large photographs of
four men who have reached that adj
mirahle stage In life's Journey An
drew Carnegie. Charles W. Eliot. pres
ident emeritus Of Harvard prof Gra-
ham Bell and Weston the walker I'm.
medately these names and faces bring
the thought OF hard work, temperate
habits, careful living, cheerfulness and
unlimited fresh air That Is what this
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AS he described Il, Il Ia pretty
nearly the same thing as ginger beer
of the home made variety, but there
Is a very important addition made to II
in the ingredient Of vinegar. lie did
not give the proportions OF the diver
ent Components, but said that they
were used IN quantities to suit indi-
vdual tastes, some preferring more
and some less OF this and that, but
there were only four things put into
It.
These were water. vinegar, mo-
lasses and ginger, Mixed together ad
lib they make a drink that the per-
spring .hushandman finds highly
agreeable when he ia laboring in the
field. 50 Swezey said. and | don't
doubt it's true. Certainly he wouldn't
be likely to be overcome by II unless
some misguided person should use
the variety of ginger in the concoc-
ton which comes in bottles under the
name OF Jamaica ginger. In that case
he would find alcohol In his switched.
THAT same Swczey !s the man,
believe. who wrote bulky volume
some years ago entitled beverages
sCrlhed hundreds and hundreds ~
different drinks that have been used
in all parts of the world from the be-
ginning OF time. II is to bc found
in tho Public Library. and anybody
who Ia inclined to Join In the effort
to do away with spirituous potations
can find in II any number OF alter
natives from among which. I pre-
sumo. he may find some to his taste
If he sticks to II long enough he
can probably find enough to keep him
busy trying them for the balance Of
! his natural life. Tat is II he lives
out his allotted time. That might
depend on how many OF them he
| tried.
For myself, I am satisfied to fol-
| low the dictum Of greater man
than Swezey. and that was Ben
! Franklin, He made Poor RiCha I'd
say that temperance was merely
"A matter of the fingers. All man
had Ia dc, in ease h- r-aii, desired
| 10 he temperate, was to III his glass
as usual with his favorite tipple and
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to those Who can think but who DO
Not take the time TO read, the lack
ut fresh air Ia pictured by a man
sleeping in he'd and having the only
window in the room tightly closed.
Picture No. shows the interior of
suhway car in which are two work
ingmen. one standing listlessly by a
strap, the other sitting down and all
huuChcd up so that his lungs and heart
do not have chance to do their work
properly. The faces OF these men
are pale, and every line shows a gen
oral weakened and anemic condition.
The man who il overworked Is pic
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IN IAN. being reasonable, must
lNl got drunk" said Lord

StA (AN. being reasonable, must
MI got drunk" said Lord
Byron. but how any rea-
sonabe man can get drunk on par'eS
water is IA problem that is likely 10
tax the ingenuity Of that portion Oh
New York's population when Turns
up it's trouser legs at the bottom
when a rainstorm in Londen is re-
ported. For the report from Wind
sor Castle is that at the dinner table
OF the King and Queen of England
no beverages are served excepting
plain water, aerated waters and bar
ley water.
"Why barley" demanded be-
wildered youth who stood perpleXed
between the demands of appetite and
habit on the one hand ana his stern
resolve ON the other In do nothing
and drink nothing that was not good
form.
"prohably because it's excellent
nouris hment for babes said the
grizzlcd veteran who was slipping a
highhall. There are many devices
rs cheating the natural appetite for
stilnulants. and as the desire to cheat
It il essentially childish the King
probably selected something peculiarly
adapted to the requirements OF in
iants.
"Outs.de OF mules and babes In
arms, 40 far as ] know, nobody has
any partclar use for harley. though
- great quantities of it are grown
Spd sold, there are probably uses thai
. ~now nothing about. What do
now is that mules eat It greedily
and nice old ladies' steep II in COLI
water, or boil it in hot, to make {
drink that Is supposed to he goo'
for sickly infants. Probably it ii
good for them, for the nice old ladie
continue to make 1t, and the babe
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detail Just what men and women or
mature years should do in order to
avoid the critical situation and how
those already breaking down in
strength may regain their powers and
live on for long time instead of dis
appearing from earthly activities.
In addition to wide circulation of
it's monthly periodical the Health De
partment plans to devote consider
able amount of space To this subject
in the regular weekly articles which
II low sends to nearly two hundred
weekly newspapers throughout the
State. Furthermore. Prof. Charles
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tanning | 900 Galleries for lilo cents;
whereas in the form OF mutton 1000
calories would cost Is cents. and in
salt Goldfish 1000 calories would cost
20 cents.
ing. of working as we'll az the lack
Of rest and the lack of fresh air and
physical exercise. which makes the
condition OF the middle aged man or
woman what Il is at present. Most
of the diseases of adult years can be
prevented IL taken in time. This next
panel points the lesson-that every
person over 45 years Of age should
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continued. contains 100 calories OF
fuel value 10 the human body, as YOU
see ny the letters printed on the panel.
Most people. perhaps, would think
they were getting a larger number Of
calories when eating that thick chop
than by eating the seven Jumps of
sugar or the eleven peanuts Of
ordinary size. But such an idea is in
correct. There are other things 10 he
taken into consideration. of course.
when arranging "A complete diet for
person. and almost every person
differs In his or her bodily require
ments from others. For example, 10
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raise II to his lips. Then, IN case he
should consider that he had already
had as much OF II as was desirable
for him 10 take. Il would only he
necessary for him TO omen his fin
gers, There may he other ways TO
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keep men from drinking a. ~ 7'
they see nj Of whatever i.e'
proper for them - drink. hu' '."
never heard Of any way t',t N.- Ir
more ef'icaCious than that"
And ne finished his h.r''r,
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Motion Pictures and Posters to BE
Used as Warnings to Illustrate Value
of Fresh Air and Proper Exercise

particular panel spells In lars, csp,,s,
letters, and the lesson should BE- taken
to heart by every one OF us
The Washington herald., 1915-12-28
FAMOUS WOMAN, HER
BIRTHDAY AND YOURS
December 28-EEzabetA Stuart.
BY MARY MARSHALL

There is a royal patroness for Decem-
ber IS. the Princess Elizabeth. daughter
Of Charles ]. of England. She was born
at st. James Palace, In 1856. two hun
der and eighty years ago. and although
she lived only fifteen years she gained
fame for very remarkable intellect
Her short life was not happy. When
she was seven years old she was sepa-
rated from her sister. who was betrothed
to Prince William. of Holland. and her
mother. who went with her sister to her
new home. And at the same time she
was parted from her father, and did not
rejoin him for five years. When she
was eight she suffered injury from an ac-
cident and for long time she was con-
fined to her rooms. Lonely and Ill. she
turned her attention to her studies. She
was already a great student; indeed II
Is said that before she was eight she
could both read and write Hebrew. Greek,
Latin. French and Italian. And when
she was nine William Grenville dedicated
a learned book to her because, he said.
she could write the Lords prayer in
Greek. because OF her dilligent learning
of the word. and her careful noting OF
sermons. Alexander Rowley, too, dedi-
OF the rare inclination OF Your Highness
to the study of the Book of Books and
Of its two original languages"
In the years Of civil war In England.
the young princess always held a gentle
bearing toward her fathers enemies. and
for that reason was called Temperance" I"
She was devoted to her father. however,
and never recovered from the effect of
his execution. In 1850 she and her BROTH
er were removed to Carisbrooke castle.
where her father had been imprisoned.
later.
tCopyrfRht 1851
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which will be brilliant feature Of the
congress.
In discussing woman's part In current
affairs. Miss Richards referred to the
coming convention of the Woman's Peace
Party early in January and urged the
support Of each one of her auditors to
the work Of peace. In contrast to the
pacific trend Of her discourse. the
speaker gave q brief resume of the po-
litical history OF Mexico with its turbu-
lent tides Of revolution and bloodshed
and plunder, preparing for q later dis
cussion when the Congressional investi-
cation of the loss OF American life in
Mexico becomes a political fact.
The Panama Canal. that other tropical
interest which attracts the eyes of Amer
lea with the magnificence Of its accom-
plishfnent, had a place In Miss Richards .
lecture. She told of her visit to the canal
on sitting October day and Of her i'm
pressions Of the persistently baffling
CuIebra Cut.
.The word Culebra means SERPENT %
said Miss Richards, land seems to me
peculiarly appropriate to that great cut.
whose sides are constantly moving
masses of soft, shiny earth. There Is
something very venomous and crawling
and suggestive Of the serpent in that
eternal slipping of the wet clay. and
am sorry that II is to be called the Gall
lard Cut, after that magnificent engineer
who gave his life to the completion Of
the canal and whosA name should be
monument"
Miss Richards next lecture on Monday
morning. January >. will include a review
OF the European situation and thor
oughly domestic question: ''The Ameri-
can Pork Barrell or the Budget: Which,"
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Janet Richards ReviewS
Ne1vS EpentS of the Week

The popularity Of Miss Richards talks
on current topics and the magnetic per-
sonality Of the charming speaker her
self were effectively demonstrated yes
terday morning when a large audience
assembled at the Woodward & Lothrop
Auditorium for the weekly lecture which
has become such an indispensable part Of
the culture courses offered to the women
iof Washington.
1t was the first Monday after Christmas
and the last Monday before the new
year. which means for Washington a
whirling dervish sort Of week. with
Everything but society relegated to a
lconvenient and accessible past. Not so
Miss Richards lecture. though. for reg
ular attendants brought their holiday
visitors. and frequent waves Of applause
attested a thorough appreciation OF the
speakers bon mots and clever, epigram-
matte Characterization of foreign and
domestic situations.
The talk of yesterday was Of wide
range. including comments on the prog
ress Of the great war abroad. the history
|of the Mexican political situation and an
account OF Miss Richards own personal
impressions of the Panama Canal. Fore
most IN her talk. Miss Richards called at
tention to the Pan-American Scientific
Congress. which convened here yester-
day; "an epoch-making congress-" she
called it. and directed discussion to the
fact that for the first time in the history
of pan-Americanism women are cooper
ating. Memorial Continental Hall is open
for the sessions of the congress. and a
woman's auxiliary has been formed to as
sist in the extensive social program
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With a piazza in front. just like At
lsntic City.
He says Cuba is an ideal summer re-
sort.
Some people think Arizona IL.
When they die.
And 90 to hell.
And send back for their overcoats.
He also says they are going to make a
second Monte Carlo of II.
That will be interesting and profitable
Until the government wakes up.
Then It will be interesting still.
And maybe profitable for the govern
ment.
Miss Katherine Minahan loves birds.
So do lots Of people II they are hot
And the bottle cold.
Miss Minahan Is trying to start Bird
Days all over the country.
She has opened headquarters IN New
York.
But she lives in Jersey.
So why pick on New York,
There are birds enough in New York
anyway.
And they all think they are wise ones
She could do a good business I'm one
bird line
BY teaching members Of the Manhattan
and Lambs clubs have to cuckoo.
To match the clock.
When they come home at four
And the wifes awake.
And they have to cuckoo eight times
more.
To make it midnight
That's all at present
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infant Welfare WORK
To Be EXHIBITED HERE
Lectures and Display Of Method.
Planned by Local Organization for
Delegates of PA. Congress.

One Of the features of the pan-Amert'
can congress of special interest to WON
en- is to be an exhibit of the most ap-
proved methods OF infant welfare work
which is to commence today and con
tinue until Januard s.
The subject of tho care of sick babiet
in the home will be covered by the In
structing Visiting Nurses Society and the
exhibits dealing with the care OF the
well baby will be supplied by the Wash
ington Diet Kitchen Association These
exhibits will be held at e5o4 Washington
Circle, one of the welfare stations OF
the Washington Diet Kitchen Associa.
tion. Miss Mary Gwynn, president Of the
Washington Diet Kitchen. and Mrs. Will
lam Corcoran Eustis, president of the
Instructing Visiting Nurses Society. ars
especially interested in getting up thi.
exhibit. which will offer an opportunity
for the women visitors of the Pan-Amer-
lean congress as well As residents OF
the city to become acquainted with the
infant welfare work of the city.
In order to make the exhibit es-
pecially interesting to South American
visitors. explanations Of the work will
be made in Spanish each day. The
demonstrations will be made by the
same physician that held the similar
exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Expo
sition, under the Federal Children's
Bureau of the Department of Labor.
Children's conferences especially re-
lating to the welfare work of children
beween two and six will be held at
IL o'clock in the morning on the fol-
lowing days: December 80 and 81. and
January >. 5. and Z.
Baby conferences dealing with the
welfare work Of infants under two
years of age will be held at 1 o'clock
in the afternoon on December 4. S. :.
and g. The public as we'll as visi-
tors of the Congress are cordially in
vited to view the exhibits as well as
to attend the conferences.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-28
HOUSEWIVES DAILY
ECONOMY CALENDAR
HOUSEKEEPING AND THE SKIN.
By FRANCES MARSHALL.

The first thing to consider with refer
ence to cooking and busting and sweep
ing is how to protect the skin while do
ing the work. Cold cream will do this.
but il must be massagcd well into the
pores and the face busted afterward
with a simple powder such as talcum
or rice starch. II after doing cooking
the whole face is crimson, sit down COM
fortably in a low chair and bathe the
heated skin for fifteen minutes with hot
water and a soft rag. This will reduce
the inflammation. and II cold cream is
rubbed in afterward there win be no
danger Of the skin taking on the hard
brown look So common to the working
housekeeper.
After all sweeping and busting a COM
plete face bath must be taken. with good
soap. warm water and an after rinsing
with some astringent. A good oily cas-
tile soap is excellent for the face skin.
and ten drops of benzoin in cold rinsing
water give 1t the tonic shock needed AZ
ter the warm bath. But when the face
Is very dusty and stinging-which indi-
Gates that the dirt is already trying to
enter the pores-clean it with cold cream
before using the soap and water. Mas
sage this in carefully. then go all over
the face. wiping off the grease and dirt:
after which use the first wash water
quite hot and the soap in the form Of a
thick suds.
The juice of fresh cucumbers makes a
simple bleacher for the skin, and it is
also very healing. After the bath cover
the face we'll with it, then wipe almost
dry and apply the cream.
An excellent cold cream for healing and
bleaching a fire-burned skin Is made from
four ounces of almond oil. one ounce Of
spermaceti, one ounce of white wax and
two ounces of fresh cucumber Juice. Sc
lcct cucumbers ripe enough for eating
and chop them fine; then pound to a
paste and extract the juice by squeezing
through a jelly bag Melt the wax and
spermaceti in a double boiler with slow
heat. add the almond oil drop by drop.
stirring all the while with a silver fork
or spoon till creamy: then put In the Gu
cumber juice in the same way. and take
the vessel from the fire and add half q
dram of violet extract, putting this in
drop by drop and with continued stirring.
Never put cold cream on the face when
it is dirty or try to wash 1t with any
thing but warm and perfectly soft water.
In the absence of rain water-which
makes the best face and hand wash OBJ
tainable-hard well water may be soft
ened with a little borax-about half a
teaspoonful to a quart OF water. But as
borax is drying to the skin be sure and
use the cream Immediately after the
wash and see that It is worked well into
the pores.
fNr--;cht r0Nl
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New York. Dec. H.-somebody said
brevity WAS the soul Of wit.
wonder.
said it about half an hour before the
paper went to press
Let's try It.
am going to be as short as . grocer's
scales.
Or a period.
Or anybody after Christmas.
Or the late Marshall Wilder.
English actors are as thick as mud
over here.
But not In the trenches.
Why didn't they enlist?
Because they all had falling Of the
arches.
In other words. fiat feet.
Wilton Lackaye is an actor and . wit.
But neither brief nor thin.
A reporter came to interview him.
Tell me-" said the reporter. what
hobby you have outside acting?"
Chemistry" answered Will. cheerfully
and falsely.
Fine Shoot it," encouraged the re-
porter. scentins a column.
I'm working on a serum"
For consolidation Of the lungs"
NO. for fiat feet.
IF it's successful England will have
the biggest army in the world"
Jack Hazard wrote "Ain't It Awful
Mabel
He's behaved pretty well since.
Irving Cobb tried to get funny with
him.
He said:
Does haEardess mean a female haz-
ard?
No" replied Jack. "Ali women ART
hazardous
You are apt to 1eopardize yourself
with them"
And that makes you a leopard
He gets paid for saying things like
that.
On the stage.
If he said them on the street he's get
something else.
Promoted Backward.
George r Boggs is a director Of the
Rock Island Railroad.
He is one Of the lot that IL being sued
for $7o.0oo.0oo.
II he has to pay s7o.ooo.ooo he'll have
to cut down on cigars.
Once he was paymaster on the Rock
Island.
think the joke was on him when they
made him a director.
A director only sests SO for attending
meeting.
But let that pass.
In the good old paymaster days, he
Travelled the road a lot.
One day a conductor said:
We've got Frank Tames up In the
baggage car with two deputies"
Boggs was introduced.
You're the paymaster? said the ferret
eyed train robber.
Yes. I'm glad to meet you"
Are you? I guess there have been
simes when you wouldn't have been
glad to meet me-"
In New York newspaper there was
printed a story of a man who was killed.
BY highwaymen.
But just after he had deposited 5000
In the bank.
The reporter wrote.
so practically all he lost was his life.
That's all he had with him. I suppose.
A French hotel keeper has come over
here.
They do it when nobody Is looking.
HIS name Is Beeh.
He used to be Bech, Of the Grand and
the Continental Paris.
Now he Is going to be Beeh. Of Havana.
Havana, Cuba.
Not Connecticut wrapper.
He thinks they need a new hotel there.
Another Hotel Dream.
They do.
So he and a sugar king are going to
build It.