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The Washington times., 1915-02-27


~ HE human eer is not jot or little
different from other things alive
or still. II a minor disorder of
that delicate portion Of the ear
between the outer and the innermost
structures Of the canal-the middle ear
becomes irritated and Is neglected. Sc
rious Affections of hearing many ensue.
When Hercules pauses from his tasks.
lack Of practice soon begins to tell skin
and power begin to deteriorate. Simil-
Is blocked for a brief interval. serious
damage may follow. The textiles of
addition. too. II insuffciently ex-
ercised. degenerate: deafDess grows
on the roll, hearing once lessened wakes
worse and worse. What was at first
only an awkwardly understood sentence
Is In time totally unheard.
Exercising the Ear Bones.
DR.. Lester Mead Hubby. Of New York,
has wisely emphasized this truth in
novel method Of first aid to the ear.
The instant any variety of ear ailment
lowers the auditory capacity or other
wise alters the acutercss OF hearing, a
siren-like arrangement of musical scales
for medium. low. and high ranges OF the
human voice Is applied TO the car.
When we hear music, noises. SOUNDS
Of any kind Il Is the outcome OF libra
ticns or waves in the atmosphere. These
reach and strike the drum. and In turn
vibrate the three little bones or ossicles.
n usces and strings behind the drum
within the depth of the ear cavern.
Thus tho car is constantly exercised.
even i'm sleep. for there Is no such thing
or earth as absolute silence.
When illness strikes those delicate
structures they lose their elasticity and
resIlicncy. The blood that nourishcs
them even recedes in volume. Trouble.
apathy. atrophy and disusc follow one
upon the other. Unless something Is
done to keep them going permanent mis-
chief engrafts itself upon the parts.
Any Instrument which will cause So
norou vibrations, such as a graphic
phone with an ear piece or the siren
like electrophone will prevent absence
of the necessary exercise by lowering
or raising the register alteration of the
timbre. and other adjustments to NEE,
the individual needs.
Tho eleven oCtaves within the rang
Of the human ear-many other animal:
than man hear other octaves-are no.
always needed. but the five octaVes uset
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Roberts; secretary. Mrs. J. T.
Thomas: treasurer. Mrs. J. Shannon,
and delegate to the Mothers Con-
gress. Mrs. f. NJ. Bayly.
The Boys Club of Monroe School
was in charge of an entertainment
for their school playground last
Friday at Wilson Normal school.
Numbers on the program were
parody on Hamlet entitled "A Sea
of Trouble" the ring and casket
scenes from The Merchant of
Venice monologues by TONY. the
Barber. . and a dialogue on the par
Gel post.
The boys team of Chevy Chase
School lost its game with The
Georgetown Junior Props on Wed
nesGiy by a "a to 20 score. Cush-
man. Anderson. Pittiers. Graham,
and Barband were the members of
the Chevy Chase team. Cushman,
playing right forward was the star
TO- the losers, but Anderson made
more goals.
Contests for gold and silver medals
offered 10y the W. &. T. l.. for cX-
c"li"nce in defamation will he hel
br school children of Brookland at
the Mo thOdi>t Church. Tenth aud
k"rrn"I SuC"ts northeast mex.
Tucsia! c'cn.ng al ) o'clock.
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Peters Adventures in
Matrirn0ny
By LEONA DALRYMPLE.

doesn't seem to make much differ
ence."
It's a fact" nodded Reed. my
says in her day you could
take census of drinking women-re-
spectacle women she meant-and not
spoil more than one sheet on It. That
was the day when the women retired
from the dining room when the drinks
your aunts and your, cousins and your
sisters all have cocktail before din
near as matter OF course. Women's
clubs. luncheon of girls-there's cock
find it at brothers stag party. And
the men are drinking more"
"It's a Queer Life"
You interest me exceedingly" said,
for you know this sort of thing by
heart"
know it," he snorted. II live It night
after night and | get so sick of 1t Id
like to go West and i've on a ranch.
Believe me. if l marry and have kids
IL ! can find girl in this town who'd
fulfill that function Of her sex willingly
the lights of Broadway. I'll not have
my daughters apns the women of tho
streets. and I'm not going to have my
son staGger down Broadway when they
ought to be in rompers' buying cham
leeches and think he's positively the
biggest thing in the universe. On he
I added bitterly. i've been through it all.
DO you wonder I'm disgusted?"
How old are you"' ! asked. thun-
derstruck by his sudden moodiness.
"Twenty-four, he said. Three years
out of college and POSTGRADUATE III
the college of Broadway. I've boen
through every phase of it,"
''Twenty-four?" echoed-and he
laughed.
''Twenty-four." he said, "in this town
is equivalent to forty-four in your town.
We begin to touch the high-spots young
and we manage to concentrate a great
! many kinds of experience. 1t isn't tn"
wholesome kind of experience that
! keeps YOU fairly young, either It's the
! kind that makes you feel old and tired
why don't you chuck 1t ALL ! in-
| uuired
! Don't know what elst to do" he said
struggling. An the men l know have
| just one idea of a good time. 1t must
be alcoholic. And the girls-like joan
laugh you out Of it if YOU talk of a
water-wagon existence. It's a queer
| old life -
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Grade School Activities

Thirty mothers have been enrolled
as members of class in cooking
to be conducted under the auspices
Of the Monroe Parent Teacher Asso-
citation. The first meeting was held
at Wilson Normal School on We'd
nesday. Eleven more lectures Will
be given in the course by Miss Jen-
ME Wilkinson. Of the domestic
science department OF the public
schools.
In order to. overcome the difficult
ties of the law prohibiting school
children to sell tickets or to solicit
money, the Parents League of
Henry Cooke School Is to assist the
children in paying for a cabinet re-
Gently purchased for the principal.
An entertainment is being planned
by the association to raise the
necessary money.
report of the work for the past
year was presented at recent
meeting of the Edmnnds Mothers
Club. Athletic equipment has been
donated to the pupils of the school
by this organization, and the teach
ers' room has been heautified bv cur
tains and burllp wall coverings
Ofhc"rs for the year We're elected
AS follows: President. Mrs. j. "
Saunders; vice president. Mrs.. Van
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For Skins Affected
bv Winds and Weather
(From The Woman BeautifuD

This is the season when she who
would have a spotless. lily-white, satiny
complexion should turn her thoughts
to mercolized wax, the firm friend of
the winter girl Nothing SO effectually
ovcrcomes the despoiling effects of
piercing winds and biting cold tempera-
lures. The wax literally absorbs the
chapped, rcddened or coarsened cuticle,
bringing forth a brand new skin. clear,
soft and girlishly beautiful 1t also un-
clogs the pores. removing blackheads
and increasing the skins breathing ca
pacity. An ounce OF meercolized wax.
obtainable at any drug store. appl' ed
nightly like cold cream. and washed off
mornings, will gradually improve the
worst complexion.
She who coddles herself all day in an
overheated house and finds her skin
flushed and fabby as consequence,
can quickly freshen up for the evening
by Just bathing her face IN q lotion
made by dissolving an ounce of DOW
dcrcd saNolite in half mint witch
hazel Shcll find this most refresh-
ing. 1t smooths out fine lines and
draws in the sassy tissue.-Advl.
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teach fractions or decimals or anything
else the next moraing?"
whats the difference whether a
woman stays up all night taking care
tango?' answered those who believe In
married teachers.
"A tango temper is just as bad as Il
teething temper" And so the battle
ragged.
And now into the troubled arena steps
DR.. Finley with good, comfortable
piece Of plain, common sense. and now
everybody is wondering why on earth
somebody else didn't sec the matter In
the same light before
II Miss Mary johnson Is cross In
school, why not tell Miss Mary Johnson
that she'll either have to get better
temper or leave the department?
If Mrs Mary Smith snaps a boys
head off for asking her how many times
b6 goes into 4561a. and how he's to go
about II to find out, don't look on the
books to see whether she's married or
single.
Look at her class record and sec what
she is doing with that.
DO her boys learn arithmetic? Have
her girls passed in history?
That's the whole idea-efficiency-
that's all.
If a teacher is a good teacher and has
good success, keep her in the depart
ment as long as YOU can. whether she
an old maid who hates the very sight or
a man or a married woman with doz-
en- children at home.
No. It isn't any ones business why
she prefers to teach rather than to stay
at home with her family.
Ten to one her family are all In tho
school department. anyway, In one room
or another. and then that isn't your af-
fair or my AFFAIR.
Can She Teach?
Her own personal life is her own per-
sonal right, even if she is a school
teacher, and even il your little johnnie
or my little Mary thinks she's "a
peach" or "a horrid thing
What your affair and my affair and
little Johnnie's affair and littl" Mary =
affair is. Is sh,. a good teacher? And
when that question Is decided no one
has any right to bring up In the school
department any other question concern
ing her whatsoever.
What about married stenoGraphers?
How about single dressmakers?
Do you care? DO I?
What business Is it Of our to care:
Dr. Finley, of the New York board OF
education. man Of sense and sensibility
| greetings
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Efficiency Sole Test For
Teachers, Not Marriage,
Declares School Head
ohn H. Finley Solves Problem Long Kgtating New York
Educators-Common Sense Applied To Schools
in Meeting Conditions.
BY WINIFRED BLACK.


~ r. FINLEY. of the New York
board of education, seems to be
man of common sense, and
that is the nost uncommon
Iirg In all the world.
Dr Finley has decided that woman
.sacfer cannot be discharged from the
school department of New York just
because she is a mother.
''If a teacher be inefficient. discharge
,cr for 1t. and for that alone. and you
have the whole question settled at
,nce." said DR.. Finley.
What a relief!
IIeIe we've all been fighting and fun
n,S and going into Mysteries about the
question of the married teacher and
what to do about 1t.
woman in the school department in any
capacity.
In other cities a teacher NAV marry.
but If she has children she must give
The New York schools have been
lighting this question for years. Men
have been forced off the board of cdu-
2;tion because of their views. and good
- than to submit to the srange idea
that it is any of the school department 8
business whether a teacher il married
aud has children or not.
said one authority.
"rheyre always worrying about
things at home. and they cant put their
uinds on their school work"
old maids are bad teachers an
nourced the other faction. They're al
ways fussv and tinicky. and they don't
understand children"
The Real Test.
We want normal women to teach
our children said the leaders Of a
certain womcn's club. unmarried wom-
en- are not normal. If they were they'd
he married. don't want some woman
to teach my child anything. if shes
tho sort of woman who's so mad to
link that she has no children Of her
own that she hates the very sight of a
hild and then wants to take 1t out or
ny boy or girl. Married teaccrs foI
nur schools that's our slogan"
Married women are bad teachers fol-
= good many reasons said one well.
known educator. land women with chill.
,ircn arc impossible.
How can a woman who has been ur
all night With teething baby come tc
school in the right frame Of mind te
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"
AT REED slipped over into the
nj chair beside me and for
" minute or so VIC watched the
dancing in silence.
you know" said suddenly. lin my
town such a thing as this would be i'm
possible-quite impossible.
What DO you mean?' inquired Reed
carelessly.
why" said |. a place where men
and women may go together and drink
that would horrify my home town mex
pressibly."
Reed laughed.
Were so used to it, he said. that
we never bat an cyelash. Women are
drinking more and more-Or perhaps
I'd better say more women are drinking.
Isn't it true?"
Before l came here" i answered Il
would have said no, but after glancing
over this hotel dining room. which is
probably typical Of a thousand other
places, I'm inclined to agree with you
Its true" said Reed. '1've noticed 1t
enough to be sure. Just look over this
loom. Every woman here. with the pos
sible exception of a dozen or so. have
liquor glasses Of one kind or another
before them. and the place Is highly
respectable and the crowd Of the best.
There's woman drinking creme de
menthe, and there's another drinking
apricot brandy. Oh. Lord. I'd have to
! be a rummy catalogue to name them
ALL"
And gray hair or gold." l suggested
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The Ne1v Chdnticleer

Herald of the rising sun,
Chanticleer. your days are done
No more your shrill, staccato horn
Awakes the morn.
How many a daw didst thou acclaim
Until the radiator came!
Now through the pipes ere rise of
sun
/ hear the laundering matin sun,
l hear the hammers of the heat
Reveille beat;
And wish the while the cannon roar
That palsy take the janitor.
Once when your clarion sounded nigh
| knew the day was in the sky.
That with his golden brimminG cup
The sun was up:
That birds and bees, that bugs and
breeze
Were all cavorting through the trees.
Gone is the poetry for aye.
The radiator sings no day
A-tiptoe on the sraying hills
While skylark trills-
1t says that in the basement Ole,
The jantor. Is shoveline coal
Samuel Hoffenstein. in the Sun.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
DAILY EDITORIAL
For Women Readers

there were some reflection cast on
the woman for being able to obtain
that upon which she had set her
heart.
Perhaps that arose from the fact
that women as rule In the past
did not set their hearts on things
that were worth while.
But the meaning of the phrase
has changed. That which women
want is each day something more
definite. something more cOnstruc-
tive. something more powerful as
an instrument of public good. The
fact that we can depend upon the
women to get what they want" is
almost Synonymous for a guarantee
OF resultant good for the majority,
male and female.
Today it is twilight sleep hospitals
and methods which they want in
America, and they have formed the
Twilight Sleep Association in order
that they may better inform the
public on the subject.
The public in this event being the
other members Of their own sex.
The association will inform the
other women, and they will get aft
er the doctors. Sort Of stick,
stick beat dog" affair.
But in the end the women will get
what they want. which Is greatly
underestimated boon to humanity.
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The Twilight Sleep Association.

Inc lWluSHt oiccp AsSOSi"IiO"'
~ lie formation OF the Twilight
Sleep Association. and the
subsequent renaissance Of
obstetrics heralded by the
frenzied and unwonted hustling In
The medical world. is food for much
thought One year ago. when Nc
lures dropped the twilight sleep
bomb on America. medical America,
one and all, both large and small.
either stuffed the cotton Of indiffer-
cnce in their ears or openly de-
nounced the Frieberg method Of
painless childbirth. which called for
the use of scopOlomine and NOR
phine. The twilight sleep didn't
have many friends among the medi-
cal profession-they could have been
numbered on the fingers of one
hand.
But it took the eye of the women
of America. That was fatal.
They wanted to know about the
twilight sleep, and they wanted to
have 1t where they could get 1t
right here in America.
Now. the remark that 'you can
depend upon n woman to get what
she wants" has always been made
with more or less unkindness, as II
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
Woman Who Tried Them
On Is Inclined TO Be Nor
bid, But They May Not Be
So "Stunning' Later.
BY A WOMAN.

Now that's not bad"
"Nevcr mind. you'Ii soon get used
to them
That's tho way they talk about
those new hats. the clerks. mean.
Same line Of talk every spring and
fall. same terrible insinuation back
OF it. Every woman who reads this
knows that l speak the truth. That
Is why have gone out early. have
run the hat-choosing gantlet and.
In the hope Of helping other women,
get used to them" am going to
give my valuable experience to my
readers-free. absolutely free.
You know how 1t Is. cute little hats,
enticing little hats. clever little,
adorable fascinating little hats.
UNTIL YOU HAVE TO WEAR
THEM. They lure women into the
stores. and up to the clerks. and
then to the mirrors. You know what
happens. You blush and squirm, and
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that costume pageant may be an
important feature of the program.
The new directors of the Washing
ton High School Bank, at Business.
are as follows: Miss Louise Clark.
president; Miss Carter. cashier;
Lang. section 6l; Miss Nelson, sec
ton 12l; Miss Nolte. section l6l;
Mr.. Wise, section III; Mr. Van
Horn. section 20l; Mr.. Ball, section
81; Mr.. buckingham. section 81;
Mr.. Enslinn. section 54l; Mr. ALL
ard. section %; Mr.. Farmer: section
Evans. section 1872; Mr.. Noonan, sec
ton 212: Miss Reid. section 232; Mr..
Crawford. section 332; MIR. Touber.
section 3l2: Mr.. Patterson, section
452; Miss Graham. section S52: Mr..
IPons. section $50; Mr.. Oscar; sec
Buckley. section 7O3: Mss Heard.
section 1853; Miss Kotz, section "a;
Mr.. Patterson. section A: Mr..
Richter. section s4; Mr.. Bieber. sec
ton 254: Mr.. Culverwell. section 434;
Mr.. ROGERS. section 5l4; Miss Hall,
section 534; Mr.. Curtis, section 564;
Miss Gibson, section 445; Mr.. Que
sada, section sc; Mr.. Walden, sec
ton 3o6; Miss F'riedricks. section
l57; Miss Biron. section liS; Mr..
Hornlng, section sos: Mr.. Flaherty.
section 492; Mr.. Covington, section
80, and Mr.. Toubes. section 9Ol.
The Western and Tech Life were
issued recently. and the next num-
ber of the Review. of Central, has
gone to the press.
"A Thorn Among Roses" was pre-
sented by the Dramatic Association
of Eastern on Wednesday in the
school assembly hall.
A Special practice for the indoor
meet next Friday was held by the
Central girls yesterday in Epiphany
gymnasium. An interesting program
of games and exhibition gymnastics
Is being arranged.
If there is question as TO what
out door sport would benefit the
high school girls in t!e spring.
archery should be given Il chance 10
prove its worth. Though this sport
strengthens the back. develops the
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
CALOMEL SALIVATES

Calomel makes you sick and you lose
a days work. Calomel Is a nasty, dam
gcrous chemical To liven your slug
gish liver and bowels when constipatcd
h"adaChy, bilious, iust get a lO-ccnt box
Of harmless Cascartts. They work while
YOU sleep. don't gripe. siCken. OF sail
Sats.-Adyt
The Washington times., 1915-02-27

arms. and improves posture, it has
the advantage Of not being very
strenuous. for even a comparatively
delicate girl may indulge in this
form Of exercise with light bow.
The cost of the outfit is slight and
stretch OF level ground Is the only
green that is needed Girls who have
been having rifle practice during the
winter should be able to do we'll at
this sport
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possible is being put into the race

The announcement of the begin
ming Of the baseball season will be
as welcome to the high school girls
as to the boys. No matter how little
they NAV understand the game. no
one can show that they make it any
excuse for failing to attend the
games.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27

The program for the depreciation
of Nineteenth Century English
Writer'S to be presented at Central
next Tuesday. has been completed.
The English classes will have charge
of the various numbers
The Washington times., 1915-02-27

Bulletin Number 6" may an
nounce another. Central track VIC
tory If the relay team does as well
at the GEORGETOWN meet as il did
last saturday. The strongest team
The Washington times., 1915-02-27

Though the season of outdoor
sports for the high school boys has
been opened by baseball practice at
several of the schools. basketball
and indoor sports are still popular
with the girls. Tennis is the chief
outdoor sport for them and the
courts have not been put in condi-
ton for plav as yet. One of the
interesting inter- scholastic events Of
the spring tennis season will be
series of doubles to be played off by
Central and Technical girls. At first
this was planned for the late fall,
but sudden cold weather delayed 1T
and the match was postponed to
spring. Western has courts on the
Georgetown grounds. and an enter
iainment given during the winter
will finance the girls tennis club at
Eastern.
In view of the records the girls
rifle teams at Business and Tech
nical have been making in recent
practices. the boys will have to look
the school teams will be taken Dy
the markswomen. Last year a girl
was one of the members of the
Technical team at the inter-hign
school rife shoot last spring and
made splendid record. This year
number have qualified for the
Junior marksman's medal In fact.
the girls are almost too enthusiastic
to suit the boys, for so MANY OF
them have Joined the club that they
need a practice day for themselves.
Business missed some practice in
the early part of the winter owing
to the illness of the coach. but the
girls lost none of thcir enthusiasm
during this time. and resumed their
work after the holidays. They have
made some very creditable scores
This season.
The odor of paint and varnish
Grcets those who enter the halls of
Technical this week. The walls are
being given Il spring renovation.
Plans are already under way for
tls, :ormal unening of the new Cen
trail II gh school in september. 1916.
Though nothinG has been deter
0AIed very definitely, it is possible
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shoot a side glance at the clerk to
see whether or not she Is laughing.
Then you babblc An accompaniment
TO her words, That's not bad, you
must get used to them" by saying,
surely l will, surely" but you
humble the rest because in your
mind you are saying over and over
again. II didn't know that | was
as homcly as this" and just when
you have braced yourself for the
shock You see another woman look
ing at you, sec her turn away, and
hide a grin. and then YOU Jerk off
the hat and-but what is to be gain
ed by telling what every woman
has undergone herself?
Hark to the story OF the plain
woman, the cartoonist and the new
shapes