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The Washington times., 1915-12-29
Thrill of Enthusiasm as Un-
expected Message and
Call Takes Possession of
Assemblage-Mrs. Robert
Lansing Presides and
Makes Address in Span
ish.

formation OF a women's Pan-AmSr-
ican Union, which, " all goes well,
will have a home In Washington
What a droll trick fate does turn
betimes!
DO you realize that the women's
Auxiliary was not at all a pre-
meditated organization? Well.
was not. When almost all the dele
gates named for the conference
sent in the names of those who
would accompany them, 1t was dis
covered that something really would
have to be done with the mothers,
wives, daughters, and sisters OF the
men from Latin America who were
coming to Washington in great num-
bers. Some brilliant person hit
upon the idea of the 'Women's Aux
inary and put Mrs. Robert Lansing
at the head of a committee OF 100
American women who were to
make out a program and carry 1t
through in the interest OF the Latin
American visitors.
That's how 1t all came about yes
terday. Right after Mrs. Lansing's
address OF welcome came Mrs. AL
bion Fellows Bacon's resolution, and
the Interpreter had not the least bit
of trouble in bringing home to the
south American women the import
of the proposition which will cement
sectartan union, all the wives.
mothers and sisters and daughters
in the households OF the most dis
tinguished men on the Western
Hemisphere.
Talk about the Monroe doctrine
why, II won't be one. two. three as
n political principle when the Wom-
ems Pan-American Union gets prop
eTly to work to the end that all the
women in the Americas may be
brought to an understanding of Their
mutual aims and ambitions and
hopes.
New Era Dawning.
Sonora Blanche q de Baralt. wife
Of a delegate from Cuba, was esDe'
ciallv delighted with the meeting.
1T means so much for all women.
There is a new era dawninG for the
women of Latin-America. Always
there have been remarkable women
there. but only isolated personalities
have stood forth.
The chief difference between the
women OF North and South America
lies not so much in the matter OF IN
dividUal liberty and development. put
in her importance AS a social factor
The Laun-American wom3n lacks
neither brains nor energy. She Is a
factor in her family, but after the
age-long custom OF the Spanish race.
upon the men alone falls the political
responsibility. There is little collabo-
ration between men and wolnenin the
field Of letters. and art. science. and
commerce. and industry. but feel
certain that the twentieth century, a
momentous one for the DEVELOPMENT
Of the Latin American countries. has
reserved for the women Of these
countries the highest DESTINY in the
shaping Of civilization and the uplift-
ing of mankind.
The Washington times., 1915-12-29

its greater fat content, sweet pota-
toes should not be combined with
a fatty meat like pork, mutton, or
any rich meat dish. II is preferably
served with dry meats, like chicken,
beef steak, or less rich foods. un-
like the Irish potato, also. the sweet
variety lends itself to still further
sweet and Favored combinations.
Where 1t would be unthinkable 10
put cinnamon and spice with the
white potato, such a combination
with a sweet potato is most delecta-
bic. Indeed, II Is the potato de luxe.
Candied sweet potatoes-Boil poJa-
toes in their skin. then slice length
wise and place in an earthenware
dish. adding grated nutmeg, brown
sugar, and butter to each layer or
potatoes. Pour over all a cup OF
boiling water, and bake slowly In
the oven for half an hour.
Sweet potato pone-Eight medium
sized potatoes, two eggs. half-cup
brown sugar half-cup syrup, one
teaspoonful cinnamon, and a little
orange peel. Wash potatoes thor
oughly, and, without peeling crate
them. Beat the sugar and eggs to-
gether, mix the syrup with the po-
tatoeS, then the sugar, eggs, orange
peel, and cinnamon. Mix we'll and
bake slowly. Serve as a dessert, or
as a side dish with baked ham.
Copyright, 1915, by Mrs Christine Frederick
The Washington times., 1915-12-29

some one, every one OF them, or Just
out of 1t, or just going to fall in,
but, dear me, they're thinking about
whole lot of other things.
They're playing bridge, and learn
ing to drive machines, and raising
prize dogs and cultivating fine or
chids, and\ reading new books and
seeing new plays, and eating and
drinking and laughing. and watching
the world go by.
They aren't singing Darling. L Am
Growing Old in the minor key, nor
the Land O. the Leal' nor John An
derson, My Jo'-not they!
"The widows, if they told you the
trGth, would tell YOU that they are
tlely at times, and every one or
them has, somewhere in her heart, a
little shrine with a candle burning.
but she doesn't stop living to tip-toe
into that shrine every hour in the
day. the way her mother did
THE single women are engaged or
hoping to be, OF course. Every nor
NAL woman wants at least one good.
practicable love affair. somewhere in
the offing, Just as she wants three
meals a day and q bunch of Violets
IL she en- get them. But she isn't
yearning and hoping and waiting. She
has too many other things to do.
Life Begins Late.
The married woman? Oh, she's in
love with her husband, maybe-the
happy ones all are. you can tell them
by their eyes-but she isn't counting
the minutes till she can see husband
again, and husband, IL he's a man of
sense. is mighty glad of II. The kind
who count the minutes are the kind
that call up on the phone every few
minutes whenever the counting gets
tiresome, and write notes, and so into
Mysteries II something detains the pooI
man for ten minutes.
THE wife who's in love with her
husband loves him just as much as
her mother loved her father, but she
is too busy to bore him to death
about 1t.
And after she gets to be forty,
and the children are up and growing
and husband ts busy at business and
occupied at the club-why, she's busy,
too-too busy to be anything but
"And she isn't telling fibs about her
age any more. She doesn't have to.
TIE yoTnE girl has gone out as tho
heroine of real life. The woman who
than thirty. Look at the actresses
| name one who amounts to anything
who'll ever see thirty-nine again.
Look at the writers, Lock at the
are really doing things.
| Catch them pretending to b"
FIFTY for mine. on my next birth
| udS' anu III NolnS ~ nave party
| that viii he party, Hurrah!
don't have to pretend any longer! b.
sure and come to the party. I've got
some new steps 7 want to snow YOU.
| And the woman / can't help likini
|, took step or two iuRt for fun and
| hummed gayly under her breath In
| synccpated time.
| "D-ar-ar-ar-linG. I am growing old :
I'm going to the party all right
| Wouldn't YOU
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Service. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1915-12-29
Women Of Pan-America Sweep Away Barriers
Of Tongues in Vision of a Permanent Body
Inspiring Sessions Give Pos
sibility of Cementing
Non-Political Union OF
Aims, Ambitions, and
Hopes for Shaping Future
Civilization.

BY ROBERTA v. BRADSHAW.
r HE seeker after thrills is re-
spectfully directed to the va
rious conferences which the'
woman's auxiliary of the
Pan-Amerlcan Scientific Congress is
having this and next week in Me-
mortal Continental Hall.
There IL n thrill for every moment
for anybody who is not entirely i'm
perviOus to the appeal OF enthusi-
asm. Not, the old-style fitful en-
tlTusiasm OF the parsonage who goes
into a frenzy and shouts and comes
away and forgets what II was all
about, but the fine, substantial en-
thIsiasm based on vision and mag
ination.
lust what it would mean tor all
the women of the Americas to come
together 10 discuss. TO plan, and TO
perform in the interest OF the wom-
en- and girls and men and boys, OF
all the peoples OF all the Americas
was glimpsed for pregnant second
at the opening session OF the Wom-
ems Auxiliary of the Pan American
Scientific Congress.
For r npssing moment the vision
hung half revealed in the strange at
mosphere which enVeloped an as
semblage OF women apparently as
far as the poles apart in the mat
ter of viewpoint and training. FOR
the first time i'm the history OF their
countries they had come together to
discuss things OF import to the life
OF the several nations of which they
were potent. II inarticulate, part.
Message and a Call.
II really gave one an eerie feeling.
know. for | was there. and /
know the other women were Just as
much stirred as ] was for ! watched
their faces. the widening of their
ewes. the twi.cbing OF the muscles
about their mouths. the half-startled
expression which demonstrated that
out Of the unknown had appeared for
. second at least the unexpected
message which was at once hope
and call. The English-speaking
women. experienced in civic work. in
the building up of clubs and orRani-
cations which for the past twenty-six
yeats have enRrossed- -much OF their
activities. no less than their sisters
from the Latin-American countries,
were for a second overwhelmed with
the great big. constructive idea
which swooped down upon them.
The barriers of unknown tongues.
which upon the assembling had sepa-
..ated the women as by a wall Of
asonry were swept away. Spanl-h
exclamations and English exclana-
tions are pretty much the same. and
Ihe story written in interested faces
English faces. Latin faces. Spanish
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faces-can be read as easnY as print
when everybody Is thinking precisely
the same thing I'm precisely the same
degree OF ent ,-siiastic appreciation.
To begin wIIn, 1t was a fine and
inspiring thinE to see the young.
well-poised, self-possessed wife OF
the Secretary OF State, Mrs. Robert
Lansing, preside for the first time
over a public meeting. Mrs. Lans-
ing may be called the "old-fash-
ioned type" That is. she is not the
sort OF woman who goes in for
clubs. organizations, or uplift prop
The Washington times., 1915-12-29
Woman Too Busy ToPine
For Love Affairs Under
Modern Awakening
She Wants One Good Practical Love Affair, But She
Isn't Yearning and Watng-She's Doing
Things, Says Winifred Black.
By wINIFRED BLACK.

Q you know what I'm going
- to do7" said the woman I
can't help liking. I'm go
ing to have birthday
party the first one in years, and there's
going to he cake, va great big cake,
with ffty-count 'emAffty, candles on
IL. And I'm going to have lights and
music and the best dinner and the dear
est friends l can think Of, and after
dinner we are going to dance.
''And do you know the tune we're 60
hE to dance to? I'll tell YOU:
Darling. l Am Growing Old IN
ragtime.
"That used to be sad song, you
know-at least sort of semi-demi-sadish.
I call 1t the 'Trumphsl March of the
New Woman now.
And there isn't tear in Ito me-
"There's Just JOY and the love of liv-
ing snd"-the woman 1 can't help lik-
ing threw up her head with something
between sigh and a muffled hurrah-
"and freedom" she said.
Mans love is of mans life thing
apart-'tis woman's whole existence.
THAT may have been true when BY.
RON wrote It. but II isn't true noW-not,
said the woman | can I help liking; WIN
a certain well-knoWn look that always
means that she's speaking IN QUOTA
tions. mot so that you would observe
IL closely. , .,,
Men are a whole lot clevcrer than
We are--you can't get away from that'
They always think things out centuries
before we do,
stance. Men have had the right IDEA
about that since before the Hood.
Attitude Toward Love.
"women are just getting glean
OF reason about it now.
"women used to die for love ana Ole
for want OF it-not now.
"They take up settlement work OF
go on the stage, or get people 10 slSu
petitions or join a suffrage CLUB,
"They don't fade and pine ana DE
not for loVe--not any more.
The woman who's thirty years Ole
and has any kind of looks at all hai
found out by the time she Is thirty
that love won't do for a steady diet.
"Its a fine dessert, delicious salad
one of the best appetlzers IN th'
world, but it won't support life. j
won't even give you strength enough
to earn the money to pay the rent
ITO most women nowadays love II
a side issue, just as it has been Il
men for hundreds of years.
THE normal woman wants a hom'
and a husband ana chlluren' just q
the normal man wants home ana
wife and children. And she doesn'
want them or need them any NOR,
than he does.
Go into any smart restaurant a
tea time and look at the women yo'
see there. They're past thirty, goo
many Of them. and do you think the
any one of them-are living 70
love alone?
"Not"-my friend looked as II sh
were quoting again-"not TO any ap
preciable extent. They're in love wit
The Washington times., 1915-12-29
Cooking the Sweet Potato
Has More Nutrition Per
Unit Than White Variety.
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.


LONG with the first visit of
~ Jack Frost we have another
n visitor who makes a pre-
lonEed stay with us at this
time-the sweet potato.
Sweet potatOes-they are a well
come change from their more pie
beian relative. the Irish potato, SO
universally in use at every meal as
a starchy food. The sweet potato
also contains starch. but, of course.
much more sugar and flavor and
fat.
The sweet potato has more than
twice as much starch-sugar as the
white. less water and more fat and
protein. 1t is. therefore, a more val.
liable and richer food, and. although
il costs more. IL has more nutrition
per cost than the white.
Possibly the ideal way to cook the
sweet potato is TO bake 1t, as then
there is the least loss and the flavor
becomes most perfect when the po-
tato is dry, and not soggy, as from
boiling. But there are other more
unusual ways of preparing IL which
should be followed for variety and
change, as given in the recipes be-
low.
Owing to its sweet flavor also and
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sive expression. She is an anti
suffragist and many very broad
minded folk think an anti-suffrag-
list little short of reactionary.
She Is a fine ami finished anti-suf-
fragist. too Working in opposi
tion to the granting OF the fran
Chise to women ts onegof the few
activities outside the home in
which she INDUCES and she works
simply because she is convinced
that political equality is a mistake.
Without any to-do about 1t, she
walked TO the front OF the plat
form and addressed the meeting in
Spanish-fine fluent expressive
Spanish. too. In her childhood, in
Mexico. Mrs. Lansing learned the
tongue; as the wife of the Ameri-
can premier yesterday. she used it
with an effectiveness which may
be made possible the celebrity with
which the women put through the
resolution proposed by Mrs. AL
bion Fellows Bacon, suffragist and
longtime social worker. for the
The Washington times., 1915-12-29
Three-Minute
Journey
By TEMPLE MANNING.


= n ALL countries, to ride instead
OF walk is a public evidence of
wealth, but in Mesopotamia the
rich man who rides would do we'll
to consider his equipage before he
embariSs. If he does not he may
have a strange and uncomfortable
time before him. Although am not
rich, but comfortably poor. l made
arrangements for a "kajavah" one
morning without even knowing what
sort of conveyance had let myself
in for. l soon found out all about
II.
On the back of mule were
, slung two covered wooden boxes.
open at the front and back to give
air and a view of the road, and into
one of these l climbed. In the other
box was the wife of my American
friend who was waiting us at the
city gate. When we were settled in
our cTamped cage the man who led
the mule jerked it's bride, and of
we went. l seized the wooden sup
port above my mead to keep from
pitching out
Never in my life have I experience
ed on land any motion so amazingly
like the wild surge OF the sea. II
were not a good sailor / would have
been seasick in ten minutes. 1t was
exactly like being In a tiny rowboat
in the middle of the Atlantic ocean
during "A hurricane.
I stuck 1t out because my friend's
wife made no complaint, and / was
ashamed to weaken first. But when
we came TO the gate and my friend
appeared insisted on taking his
horse and giving him my place.
Ever after l either rode horseback
or walked.
(cOBy'L iSib. by Newspaper Feature SSrue'
The Washington times., 1915-12-29
Flemish Sausages.

These sausages are different from
other kinds. and they are made in
the following way: Take one pound
of beef, one pound of pork. one
pound OF back fat CporD. half an
ounce of brown sugar, pinch OF
saItpeter, one ounce of salt, an
eighth of an ounce of ground pimen-
to. quarter of an ounce OF pepper
Mince the meat up finely. also the
fat, add the seasoning. let 1t stand
for a few hours, then add one pint
OF water in which quarter of an
ounce Of strong tea has been In
fused. mix up well and fll into skins
or It can be made into little balls as
large as walnuts. They are cooked
on the stove and served for tea,
They are known as tea sausages and
are very popular. indeed.
The Washington times., 1915-12-29
Paris Sausage.

One pound Of lean pork. half a
pound OF back fat, four ounces OF
breadcrumbs, one ounce of salt, a
quarter of an ounce of pepper, one
grated shallot, mixed up well, add
the seasoning and the breadcrumbs,
add half a pint of water, mix well,
fill into skins, tie up in lengths of
two and a half inches, weighing
make a brine with one quart Of
water, one pound OF salt. a quarter
of an ounce OF saltpeter, boil to-
gether. and pour into a bowl; when
cold, color with cochineal and put
the sausages in for one hour, take
out and dry them in the air. then
cook them in the usual way.
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Cheese Pudding.

Half a pound of bread crumbs,
little thyme, parsley, curry powder,
two hard-boiled eggs. cheese. two
ounces of butter, a pint of milk, one
egg. Mix the bread crumbs, thyme,
chopped parsley and dessert
spoonful OF curry powder together;
chop up the eggs and a few slices
of cheese, add them to the other in
gradients. Warm the milk, put the
butter into It, add the egg, well
beaten: pour this over the pudding
let II soak for half an hour. Bake
i'm slow oven for an hour and a half.
Cover the top with a plate until half
done, then let II get brown.
The Washington times., 1915-12-29

AnS7DerS
To Health
Questions
By DR.. l. K. HIRsHBERG.


w. E. C.-My hair is falling out.
cannot get rid Of dandruff. Would you
advise an egg shampoo?
The scaly disks Of dandruff may he
removed by washing the scalp either
with cocoanut oil and distilled water
or CASTLE soap and distilled water. Rub
this In gently after n through shaking,
with a little brush, and see that the
bristles reach the scalp. On account of
the odor Of the sulphur, IL is best TO use
" at bedtime, except in severe cases.
when y may be used twice day.
when dandruh forms crusts this should
he removed and fresh sulphur applied
do not advise egg shampoo.
Constant Reader-What is the name
Of an acute grip at the chest after eat
ing? ] can taste the food have eaten
after belching. 3 l also have pains,
neuralgia, and rheumatism all over my
body all tho time. Please prescribe for
me.
This is nothing more than bad diges-
tion. The food that you put into your
mouth should be chewed forty times be-
fore swallowing. Eat apples. figs. car
rots. prunes. prune Juice cereals and
drink two glassfuls distilled water one
half hour before each meal. Just be-
More meals take seven grain Of oxide Of
magnesia. then after meals take six
charcoal tablets. ?. You must avoid al
excitement. obtain lots of rest and sleep
| do not overexert yourself. and keep the
bowels active. Avoid hot dishes, salt.
pepper. and other condiments, season
ings. highly seasoned foods, nuts, peas,
and beans. Take Is drops of a satur-
ated solution OF iodlde of potash In
water after meals. increasing one drop
| at time until you are taking 50 drops.
then 20 down again to Is drops and up
several times. Drink distilled water.
! and take a Bulgaria tablet with your
meals.
The Washington times., 1915-12-29
A Few Easy Recipes
By ANN MARIE LLOYD

with the meat. hlI the dish to be
used; then halve them lengthwise.
Cover the bottom OF the pie dish
with potatoes. add a layer OF meat,
and on TOP place slices of kidney or
liver, sprinkling each layer with salt
and pepper. Half fill the dish with
gravy and cover with paste made in
the proportion OF four teacupfuls-
one pound-of flour. half a pound OF
butter or other fat, and half A tea
soonful each OF bicarbonate OF soda,
cream of tartar and salt Make n
hole in the top before baking the pie
in a fairly hot oven. Serve with
good sauce.
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Scotch Haggis.

Take the stomach bag of a sheep,
and one OF the smaller bags. also the
pluck. half a pound of beef suet, two
teaspoonflls CT toasted oatmeal. two
onions. and seasoning OF salt and
pepper. The bags must be well
cleaned, also the pluck. Boil the
fatter with the small bag for an hour
and a half. When cold, remove in
ferior parts, crate the liver. mince
the rest with the onions and suet.
Add the oatmeal. seasoning, and half
a pint of the liquor in which the
pluck was boiled. Put all into the
large bag, allowing plenty of space
for the meal to expand. Sew up the
bag. put il into large pan OF boiling
water, with a plate underneath,
prick the bag with a darning needle
in several places, and boil slowly for
three hours. serve very hot.
Copyright, 1915 by Newspaper Feature
Service Inc.l
The Washington times., 1915-12-29
Mixed Dinner Dish.

Cut any kind OF cold meat into
thin slices. Break the homes into
small pieces. cover them with water,
add a slice of onion simmer for two
hours. then strain and season highly.
cut an OK kidney or q. poGnd of
rllvcr-pteferably that Of a calf-into
thin slices and coat them lightly with
lour. Steam or boil until half
cooked. as many potatoes as will.
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ADVICE TO GIRLS
By Annie Laurie

up so late such a large proportion of
the week is a strain on any constitu-
ton, no matter how strong.
Miss Laurie tCiH tCeIcome letters
of inquiry on subjects of interest
from readers Of this paper, and tCilI
reply to them in these columns.
They should be addressed to her,
care this office. &
(Copy't. 1915, by Newspaper Feature Service.
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Crepinettes a la Paris.
By ROBERTA v. BRADSHAW.
~ HE seeker after thrills is re-
spectfully directed to the va

T)R these French dainties take
half a pound OF lean pork,
half a pound of back fat,
half a pound OF beef, half
a pound of bread, one ounce
of salt, quarter of an ounce
of white pepper. a quarter of nutmeg,
one egg, and a little chopped pars-
ley Mince the meat and the fat fine,
put in q dish. add the bread. which
should have been soaked in water
also the beaten egg and the season.
ing: mix up II too stiff add little
water, divide into two-ounce pieces,
make into balls. and wrap each up
in pigs or lambs caul, then dip
each into beaten egg and roll into
bread crumbs, place close together In
q deep meat tin, put little lard in
the tin, and bake in hot oven.
The Washington times., 1915-12-29

TVERY little girl needs a party
frocK for the holiday festivi-
IL ties. This charming confec-
ton is NJ white chiffon net
and ribbon.
Ruffies OF white chiffon are ar
ranged upon a foundation Of net 10
form the skirt. The short-waisted
bodice is also rutfie-trimmed, and a
band of lace insertion finishes the
pointed neck line. -.-
The waist is girdled with a twist
of pale blue ribbon and short loops
Of the ribbon adOrn each side OF the
front.
Copyright. 1915. by Newspaper Feature
Service. lno.)
The Washington times., 1915-12-29
PERSONAL ADVICE.

Readers desiring advice should
remember:
1. To address inquiries to DIR. L.
X. Hirshberg, care of The
Washington Times.
2. To enclose a stamped and ad-
dressed envelope If a personal
reply is desired.