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The Washington times., 1915-05-27

~s~ ~ ''''N PefSf NNNF Afs" S"~b'
drugging and debasing foods and
beverages and that is to increase
profits, for chemicals are cheaper
than cleanliness and doubtful ma
teriafs, cost less than the real. Even
when pure foods cost more they are
far cheaper In the end, however low
the price of the adulterated.
Your grocer does not always
know what foods conform to the
Westfield Standard, for he has no
means or method except to read the
labels as you do and to depend on
the reputation and trade marks Of
those makers who stand for purity,
quality and value.
The object Of the westfield Move
ment and Of this Newspaper Cam
paign is to help both you and your
grocer to judge between good foods
and bad. In this way we are try
ing to help him--not hinder.
Avoid the useless and dangerous
chemicals listed below on this page
food laws In your home
chat will safeguard your family.
The Washington times., 1915-05-27

TALLY decayed fruits doctored with
a cheapening filler Of apple stock
and colored with coal tar dye. AS
this combination of bad fruits and
powerful drugs would rot in the jar,
no matter how tightly sealed, the
INSCRIPTIONS manufacturer en-
balms the whole with the trusted
standby Of the food counterfeiter-
benZoate of soda.
Small protection here for you or
your children and yet honest manu-
facturers of honest products are
forced to compete with this dishon-
est method of making dishonest
low grade foods.
Price is no test of purity, for the
public belief that pure, high grade
foods cost more than adulterated
products is a delusion which works
to the advantage Of the food fraud
and very often to the disadvantage
of the honest manufacturer.
There can be only one reason for
The Washington times., 1915-05-27

uYITHIN reasonable limits the
w purity of a food product does
not necessarily determine the
price at which 1t sells to the con-
sumer. In some cases the only OBJ
ject of cheapening adulteration-
the use Of preservatives, artificial
coloring, etc.-is to permit Of an
otherwise impossibly low price.
The figure at which any article of
food sells Is not always a safe way
to determine its purity, its food
value or its quality. for on the mar
ket today you will find catsup Of
the highest grade selling for twen-
ty-five cents a bottle, while another
brand selling at the same price has
Preserved with 1.1O Of 1 per cent
Of Benzoate Of Soda" plainly stated
on its label, the pure catsup cost
ing no more than the embalmed
adulteraton and both offered you
by the thoughtless grocer.
Jams and jellies are very often
adulteraed-the use Of cheap, par.
The Washington times., 1915-05-27
CLUBW0MEN MEET
At TAK0MA PARK
Montgomery County Federation
Opens Annual Session and
Gives Box Luncheon.

With several hundred delegates and
guests from Washington. Rockville,
Kensington and other points through
out Montgomery county. the Montgom-
cry County Federation Of Women's
Clubs opened its regular annual meet
ing at Takoma Park this morning. Reg
uiar business will occupy the morning
session. after which there will be a
luncheon and addresses in the after
noon. The federation Is the guest of
the Home Interest Club Of Takoma
Park and the Takoma Park Civic Study
Club. An address Of welcome on be-
half of both organizations was delivered
by Mrs. William F. Wight, president Of
the former.
Arthur w. Dunn. Of the Bureau Of
Education. Department Of the Interior
noon on Community Civics." Miss
Katherine watkins. of Washington, will
also speak
Among the guests are Mrs Ellis Lo-
gan, president Of the District Fedora
tion of Women's Clubs: Mrs. Court F.
Wood. president-elect of the District
Federation: Mrs. William e. Andrews.
director-general of the Federation: Mrs.
Nina f. Allender secretary of the
Washington branch of the Women's
Of kensington, secretary of the Mary
land Federation, and the president Of
the Maryland Federation of Women's
Clubs; Mrs Sanderson. and the presi-
dent of the Virginia Federation. Mrs.
Caldwell.
The officers of the Montgomery
County Federation are as follows:
President, Mrs Frederick G. Getzen-
danner Rockville: vice president. Mrs.
George V. Chandler. Linden: record
ing secretary, Mrs. Frederick l.. Lew
ton. Takoma Park: treasurer, Mrs.
Archibald Small. Silver Spring: cor
responding secretary. Mrs. Enoch G.
Johnson. Bethesda; auditor. Miss Mary
Magruder. Sandy Spring; and parlia- :
mentarian, Mrs. William II. Holmes,
Rockville
The Washington times., 1915-05-27
Mrs. John Jay White
Addresses Graduates

Mrs. John Jay White appeared before
the graduating class of the Colonial
School for Girls today and delivered an
address upon THE Woman of the
World" She was the principal speaker
at the graduation exercises OF the insti-
tuition. Ten young women received
diplomas. They are Helen Peck Bon
sail. New York; Dorothy Vaughn
Georgen, Missouri; Blanche Beeson
GLADDEN.. Maryland: Edna Louise Koh-
mann. New York: Catharine Elizabeth
Matcham. Pennsylvania: Ruth Vail
Pierson. New Jersey; Agnes Eberley
Piper. Pennsylvania: Glorietta Pixlee.
Missouri Annie Frances Williams,
Maryland. and Miriam Ogden Williams,
New Jersey.
Yesterday afternon the pupils of the
school presented scenes from Shake
speare followed by the senior class day
exercises.
The Washington times., 1915-05-27

Make a list Of the foods and bsver.
ages you are now buying from your
grocer, giving the name Of each
product and ito maker. Write these
carefully on one side Of the paper,
giving us the name and address Of
your grocer, together with your
own name, street address, town or
city. Professor Allyn will person.
ally check over the food supply Of
your homo and tell you the names
Of those products you are using
that comply in every way to the
exaetins requirements Of The West.
field Standard.
Make up this list and mail Il d.
rect to the Pure Food Department.
Mcclure Publications, Mcclure
Building, Now York. Let your own
homo benefit by over 10000 analyses
that have been made by Professor
Allyn in the laboratories at West
fold. There 10 no cost attached to
this offer in any way.
Make up your list and send u to-
day. Don't wait-do il now.
ITO be continued.l
The Washington times., 1915-05-27

Foods shall not contain added
ALUM. COPPER, FORMALDEHYDE.
SULFUROUS ACID or it's Salts. BoR-
&c ACID or its Salts, BENZOIC ACID
or its Salts. FORMIC ACID or it's
Salts, HYDROFLUORIC ACID or its
Salts, SALICYLIC ACID or its Salts.
nor any other non-condimental pre-
servative.
Foods shall not be colored with
COAL TAR DYES, nor with poisonous
VEGETABLE COLORS, nor be con-
taminated with inert filters. nor shall
any substance be taken therefrom or
The Washington times., 1915-05-27
EdmOnds' School Plans
Spring Fete Tomorrow

A spring fete will be held tomorrow
evening at the Edmond's School under
auspices of the Mothers Club. The
Edmonds Mothers Club was one of the
first to avail itself Of permission for
use Of the school after the passage OF
the measu allowing their use as social
centers.
Dancing will be on the program. a
palmIst will tell fortunes. and there
will be a grab bag and candy and
cake tables.
The Washington times., 1915-05-27
Here IS the Food Standard Of the Pure Food Town Of Wes Mass

ID Standards or Stato Fooo IaWst
added thereto 80 as to injuriously af-
feet their quality, strength or purity.
Foods shall be packed and sold un.
der sanitary conditions and package
goods shall bear no DISHONEST
LABEL nor labels bearing any Ex-
TRAVAGANT or OBSCURE state
ments."
For protection to yourself and your
family, see that you buy only foods
and beverages that are certified under
"The westfield Standard"
You will then be buying only prod
ucts Of high food value-wholesome
and pure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
A Brief for Balladry

In the useful and attractive "Art and
Craft Of Letters series, wherefrom you
can have for a modest 40 cents an always
interesting. frequently Illuminating and
occasionally authoritative discussion of
one or other Of the literary types, Frank
sldgwick adds 'The Ballad" George II.
poran Company, New York; to a collec-
ton that already includes Epic. Parody.
History Satire and Comedy among it's
texts.
The sidgwlck volume has the advantage
OF combining all the qualities already ad-
verted to as characterizlng, partly or
wholly the art and Craft of Letters"
books, though It is lacking in the dis
tinctions Of style so traitful of Lascelles
Ahercrombie's THE Epic" and Gilbert
cannan's Satire"
Mr.. Sidgwick writes authoritativeIy. He
has mastered his photography. he knows
the grammar of his subject, II any
thing OF such popular upspringlng and
folk development as the ballad may bo
said to be afflicted with grammar"
and. best and most important of all. he
has at first hand delved deeply and
widely into his material, the ballads
themselves. teste his several discriml-
natingly-made collections OF ballads. He
writes lovingly, too; In fact. his little
book is a brief for balladry in its plea
for intelligent study OF the earliest "lit-
erary form" and indication OF the sheer
emotional pleasure to be derived from
acquaintance with the simple. hearty,
heady ballad In its unsophisticated form.
out of his wide ranging research and
Intensive study Mr.. Sidgwiek has con-
densed In 50-odd small pages all that
the average reader ought to know about
the origin. evolution. Significance and his
tory of the ballad. and. indeed. more than
the usually informed person knows
when ana wherefore the ballad was writ
ten. why Il Is no longer dn a general
aense) written, why Il is not literature,
why II Is deeply interesting Ia despite,
and cognate questions.
The author gracefully acknowledges the
long continued supremacy OF American
scholarahip Ia the field OF the ballad,
from the marvellous Child 70 our own
Gummere assuming the annexation OF a
few miles Of the Main Line IN a sort OF
intellectual Greater Philadelphia').
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
American College Analysed

Though his book is otherwise admirable,
DIR. Isaac Sharpless Is q bit careless with
few OF the dates in his survey and
rating of THE American College" which
introduces a new series to readers, THE
American Books" doubleday, Page 81
Co.. Garden City, N. ".
These serious manuals aim to treat
oompacty and untechnlcally problems OF
our national life. They are we'll bound
and printed and sell for go cents each.
If the contents of succeeding volTmcs
maintain the standard set by the presi-
dent of Haverford they will be worthy
additions to the library OF the average
person who desires to be informed, but
has neither time, training nor perhaps
inclination for the tones of specialists.
The individual character of the Amerl-
can college Is keenly analysed by Doctor
Sharpless; 1t is educationally sui generis
1t is peculiarly individual. and one Is
tempted 10 add peculiarly American; but
this is so only because 1t has no exist
enoe elsewhere and not because its exist
ence elsewhere is impossible. That is to
say that, although the American college
Is indigenous, 1t is not necessarily an ex-
elusive product of the genius of tho
stocks and folk that developed-are de-
veloping-into the American people.
1t Is easy to discover where President
5harpless' predictions lie in most edu-
cational questions, but always he pro-
sents both sides fairly and fully Why
the earliest colleges developed as they
did instead of following the English or
Continental university ideas is capitally
discussed. The conflict between high
school and college. elective VS.. prescribed
studies, student discipline and RESPONSE
bility are other topics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
Discovered: A MANS
Problem"

There's a new problem before the world.
Il isn't sex problem nor woman's
problem nor has It anything to do with
the Great War II is a mans problem.
n has stirred up many OF the modern
novellsts and no one has solved II so
TAR They have only analysed It until It
has followed a universal pattern A young
man, Of most any class and station, Is
aroused by his natural passions, and by
foul means or fair--usually the former--ls
nntlced into marriage with some quite
aatonishingly unworthy girl. Being the
weaker vessel, he falls, yet seems to wish
All along he we're not falling. Then he
settlcs down to a life from which in a
short time ne runs away, to take up
iiaison with some other woman by far
more attractive and genuine than his wife.
The Illicit relationship is happy and sue.
cessfui, and probably there is moral
between the lines-"stolen treasures" etc.
This is the skeleton OF the "man's prob
lem which is botherng the novelists
And 70 this theme-succeedlnB a long limo
led by II. @. wills-Gllbert Cannan has
come In his young Earnest" (Appieton
Co., New York;. Hene Tourmy, his hero,
passes through all the stages OF the
"man's problem" with few extra ones
thrown in. From his ordinary character
and uneventful youth he emerges, by slow
steps, into a man Of character and unique
ness. with human foibles and ambitions
all the time the typical man, such as most
of us meet in our everyday lives. There
is no particularly subtle characterization
In the book. nor is the plot epoch-making.
You cannot brand Mr.. Cannan's novel as
propaganda, except in so far as many
a work, written in vein of sincerity and
realism, brings with Il a message. But
the author cannot help seeing and showing
that mans troubles and perplexitles are
equal in Importance to woman's, though
they have their particular flavor; that
they are both human perplexlties. They
are interviewer as their outside manifesto
tions. Neither can be solved without the
other
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
The Outmoded Epic

Lascelles Abercrombie, the important
and authentic English poet OF the younger
generation, has considered THE Epic"
for the low-price 40 cents) and high
grade Art and Craft of Letters Series
George II. Doran Company, New York;.
He has written about 1t searchlngly and
pregnantly, and amazingly comprehen-
aively for so concisely. Casual readers,
desirous of being we'll informed, will have
explained for them such mysteries as the
origins, evolutions and meanings of the
mighty Homer's mighty myths. the stark
Beowulf the involute Nibelungen lied,
the chanson de Roland. the Brut and Cid
legends, the Arthurian cycle, the Charlie
magno stories, all with their derivation III
folksong and hearthside tale and the
relation of such works as Vergil's cele-
bration of the pious Aeneas, Dante's
wondrous medieval philosophy, Milton's
paradise Lost" and Tennyson's "Idylls,"
conscious products of the poets closet.
The epic of growth is distinguished from
the epic of art. Why the epic. Oldest OF
literary FORMS after the prophecy and
the ballad. is no longer written, is eluci-
dated; 1t is outmoded in this day of the
public school, which compulsorlly in
structs; OF the playhouse, which pro-
vides JOY for the fatigued magnate or
his equally tired employe. Just as 1t
may be assumed, the epic diverted the
wearied warrior of old; and of the news
paper. some of which today are as epic
ally dlsorganized as when the skop
minnesinger or bard acted not only as
lyric reporter, but as circulation man
ager, as uninterestlng as when Homer
nodded and as romantic" as when min
strels ::faked" or fibbed The genuine epic
IN It's accretion and evolution was a sort
OF Journalism, and had many of the flaws
and defects which We deem sins OF our
own time. Mr.. Abercrombie tells about
them in a book notable for authority OF
treatment and distinction of. style.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
The New Books

ANNE OF THE ISLAND By L. NJ. Mont
gomery. S1.26. The PAGE Company. Boston.
THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE YELLOW
STONE. BY Harrison Adams. S1.25. The
Fage Company, Boston,
OUR LITTLE MACEDONIAN COUSIN OF
LONG AGO. BY Julia Darrow Cowles co
cents. The Page Company Boston
MICHAEL o'HALLoRAN. BY Gene stratton-
Porter. u.35. Doubleday-Page. Garden City
NJ Y
THE SPELL OF THE HOLY LAND. By
Archie Bell. $3.50 The Page Company,
BOSTON.
s1.5O Geo. II. Doran Company. New York
GERMAN PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS. By
John Dewey. SIPS. Henry Holt, New York
AMERICAN WOMEN IN CIVIC WORK. Bv
Helen Christine Bennett. S1.25. Dodd, Mead
& Co., New York.
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1914 IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM BY q. H. Ferris. S1.50. Henry
Holt & Co.. New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
John Jay Chapman
Initiates Homer

John jay Chapman has Initiated the
ylgor and broad Characterization OF HO-
mers tales ably IN his two sketches.
eHeetoFs Farewell" and 'sThe Wrath OF
Achilles" grouped into q little Volume
which he calls "HomsTie Scenes Q.aW-
fence J CONNIE. New York;. The author
has failed. however, 10 grasp the nner
aelineatlons OF the Greek epic poet.
HIhersites on the Great Reconciliation. =
6 scene Ia the Achilles sketch. Is & mas
tarful bit of satire War, heroes. glory
and sacrifice are extolled Ia hno irony.
The delicious humor and sarcasm Of the
ieonoclastio Thersites alone make ths
book worth while.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
Holy Land in Text and
Picture

To the genuinely elegant "Spell'
series of travel-romances expressing the
individual lure of many lands Archie
Bell has contributed THE Spell of the
Holy Land" CThe Page Co., Boston). Mr.
Bell, who is altogether capital critic OF
music and drama in the midwest. has
adventured to Palestine and Syria not as
religious devotee or archeologist, but,
bluntly, as tourist. On the site Of that
civilization, more ancient Of days than
the Pharaonic dynasty, he has found
many new things to catch the eye and
many old things to compare with the
novel or modern He has written lucid
ly and graphically, something better than
guide book or travel book-a glowing,
enthralling narration OF holy haunted
ground. The Illustrations, beautifully re-
produced, consist of eight plates in full
color and 4S duogravures from splendid
photographs by e. NJ. Newman, the
travel talk" man, familiar to thousands
OF theatregoers whom he has person
ally conducted in orchestra chair ex-
curslons to all quarters of the globe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
AMONG THE NEW BOOKS
REVIEWS REVIEWED
BY BooTH HARRINGTON

nv feoNnO about revieps is that a
Tewioper reviet0s himself as t0eH as
the book he Is estimating. Most re-
vietUers seem to me TO reveal more Of
the revietoer than Of the book. HotO
many, for instance, shout Of e0otisn! /!
the r6vietoer being w labor from the
outset to demonstrate that Nc Is the
revieioiaO Jslioio, the author 70 foiter-
ing apprentice or t0orse.
Such mattsrs (ds "deoent pross'D are
usually overlooked, because cannot
help but believe 10 because the great
majority of revietoers have no per-
ception Of prose feature. They do
not understand it--thev cannot feel
a. suppose supreme sensitiveness
to t0ords ts az rare as supreme sen-
sitiUenes8 to color-Or rdrer. All nv
Hfe I have tcorked for prose---for the
feature OF it--ds the primary thing
to be obtained, and seldom indeed has
a reveper told me that here and
there have obtained H. often, OF
course, have not obtained II, but
t0hen I have, there tDas evidently only
a fetp toho tDere able TO recognize u
they t0iii iorite OF everything else
IN the booki
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
Her new novel, OK" will shortly
be issued by Houghton Mifhin.
Book Gossip

owen wister's study of Prussianized
Germany and the spirit in which 1t en-
tered the war, 1.-THE Pentecost OF Calam-
ity," which had recent magazine publica-
tion, will shortly be brought out in book
form by the Macmillan Company
Eleanor Atkinson. author of Johnny
Appleseed," attended the dedication at
Ashland, Ohio, on July Is, OF the memorial
to Johnny Appleseed. The monument to
''the patron saint of American orchards"
has been erected with boulders collected
by school children. All this locality is
intimately connected with the scenes in
Johnny Appleseed," of pioneer life in
the border States, and Johnny" was
welcome visitor in the cabins of Union
town, as Ashland was then called.
From the Century Company will come
in the autumn new novel by Bertha
Runkle, whose Helmet of Navarro will
be remembered. 1t will be called Straight
Down the Crooked Lane" and will deal
with people of today in society life in
Newport and army life in the Philippines.
On August the George H. Doran Com
pany will have ready w. Somerset Maui
gham's new novel. "of Human Bondage"
said to be a detailed picture of the life OF
a real man of the present time.
Oliver Onions is still engaged in commits
sary work for the English army but is
making efforts to get to the front as a
private In the ranks. He was offered
commission as captain in the home de-
fense troops. but declared that he would
rather black boots at the front than be
a major general at home. He is year
over the age of the present volunteers.
however, and has been unable to get to
the front, though an important politician
endeavored TO have a special post estab-
lished for him. Meantime, with SANTA
tion, transport, food, ETC., he is kept de-
cidedly busy.
E. p. Dutton & Co. announce the forth
coming publication of 1.-The Complete Ju-
Jitsuan," by w. H. Garrud; THE Toll
house" by Mrs. st. Ledger, and From
the Shelf" by Paxton Holgar.
The title of the story by Cora Harris
to be published in the autumn by Hearst's
International Library Company is Jus
tice.'
The Holts will shortly publish Barrett
II. Clark's "The British and American
Drama OF Today" which will be a COM
panion volume to his Continental Drama
of Today"
IT allus did think David Spafford was
an impractical man." said Grandfather
Heath in Grace L. H. Lutz's Miranda"
Lippincott's). "I heard the other day
how some big Senator r other said that
every country needed place where the
could send all their scallawags to, and
this here Oregon was just the very thing
fer that, twas the mos God-fersaken
land you ever see. An here comes David
Spafford spoutin' lot OF nonsense bout
Oregan, how it's garding OF roses an
potatoes, an a great place to live, an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
BOZ DRowNHD IN pELAwARE
Lad Loses Life After Disobeying
Mothers Orders.

A mother is prostrated today because
her little son went In swimming against
her warnings and was drowned. Joseph
Develin, years old, Of 251s Memphis
street. accompanied his mother to the
North Cramer Hill shore Of the Della
ware River yesterday 70 open their cot
tage for tho summer The day was hot
and the water looked cool. Joseph
wanted to go In swimming, but his
mother knew the water was dangerous
at that point and said no" Occupied
with work in the cottage, the woman
did not miss her child until Informed an
hour later that he had been drowned.
Joseph had gone to the wharf, stripped
Off his clothes and plunged In. Two
boys, who saw his struggles from the
shore went to his assistance. but they
were too late.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-30
Al Political Novel

Inspiration for refofmsTs Is found IN
Holman Bays novel OF politics. The
tznaIonsr' CHarper = Bros. New York;
Eta author tells siirElnely ana Inspiring
fae Et1ry of 8 victorious batfla Tor
sanitary conditions ana civic dacency
Iaat s corporate octopus whose ten-
fafizs aet anis Stripped fhe water supply
4Isu e 8 greaf State. but sliulIy ems
ssd 80 executive. iadicial enc losl4-
hsH1 worship s. lHh iala a4 hea
HaH aita aa zfff zH-4i aa1