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The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
Colored Handkerchiefs.

Small color,i silk hauLkcrChicfs are
d. ain Introduced. Ghol are TO be tucked
INTO n, h.east pocket g a loose coat or
carried ~ tho mufr Men are wearing
Iarg, cn,"rcd silk handkerchicfs. quite
well pulled ";tt Of the breast pocket, TO
floH over and Civ. a color scheme 10 the
suit These are no: only Worn by French
men. hu; hy Americans md English.
Nearly all oC the everyday handkerchicfs
Eavr narrow c"!orcc border with
m0So-rI:I to match
Writing Of mems fashions reminds one
that rharve;. who always has the last
word in shirts. has brought out one for
use in the Fairgrounds Of the world
which has three extra wide brilliantly
Colpred stripes down the middle of the
front ami round tin. cuffs.
All tn. rest of the shirt is white. but
the stripes aTe cumhu' uf purple and
yellow. blue and gray. yellow and black.
and 50 on At trs: they are startling,
but one realizes that when EOrn under
white fluUc' srit or with white nann'
trousers and q blue sack coat, when
yatchiug. coy at sun places Js Palm
Beach and thy Riviera. thry will Dc
quite effective.
rhdrvrt already his man" dozens un-
der way for American men who intend
T. Wear th"m ucEJ spring and summer at
their country places.
He also hrs broUEh. out a muffler of
topaz yeIlow @auze and one Of bright
blue: and Cartier. ON the Rue de la PaiN.
shows brilliantly color.d jcwelry for
men consisting uC shirt studs waistCoat
buttons linked cum buttons and rings.
What think YOU" Arc the men going in
for violent colorS. too. and 50 .ose their
right to criticisu the women?
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
A Merry Time with Bubbles.

Soap bubbles make a pretty way to
amuse one child or a number of children.
especially on a rainy afternoon. Cover
a sewing table with a cloth or piece of
rubber and have several bowls filled with
a mixture made by shaving a piece of
strong brown laundry soap about an inch
square into a pint of warm water in
which. after the soap has been dissolved.
a teaspoonful of gum arabic is melted
and tablespoonful of glycerin added.
Add about a quart of cold water to this
mixture, and the bowls are ready to be
used.
Plain clay pipes make the best bubble
blowers, although a curious pipe that
will blow several bubbles can be bought
from a kindergarten supply house for
about Il cents.
The little ones will have lots of fun
blowing the great colored bubbles about
the room. The mixture makes them so
tough that they will bounce from the
table and roll over the floor for many
minutes without breaking.
Larger bubbles still can be made by
pipes that have a rim of soap around
the inside of the bowl. If the children
can keep the water out of their mouths,
wonderfully colored bubbles can be made
by adding a pinch of colored dye to sew
eral of the bowls: or. for the timer tots,
orange juice. currant or strawberry juice
may be added. The huge rainbow-tinteo
bubbles are as attractive as Christmas
tree balls and will give the little ones
as much pleasure
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
STRANSKY ART WINS
MUSIC LOVERS HERE
Philharmonic Society of New York
Gives Second Concert of Season
at the New National.

The Philharmonic Society of New York
gave its second concert Of the season at
the New National Theater yesterday aft
tfon that, given the personal. dramatic
element. he will paint you a series Of
pictures so true, so vivid, that your pro-
gram book, telling you what this is all
about, seems a superfious formality. Is
he not telling you, with all the riches Of
musical coIoring. with all the force of an
imagination quick to perceive every dra-
matte possibility. what you can read only
in cold words in your program notes?
The New World" symphony of Dvor-
ak: the Hungarian March" from Ber-
lioZ's "Damnation of Faust" these are
OF the kind of orchestral works that
Stransky stands for. The finale OF the
former was magnificent; a fine atmos-
pheric setting was given the whole work.
the melodies appearing not as national
curiosities, but as idealized gems having
vaguely familiar stamp. suggestive, stim-
ulating, but not too obvious. Speaking of
atmosphere, the Rimsky- -KOrsakoff Cap
ricciO EspagnoT' reeks with atmosphere
There Is local color. every national in
strument, every local phraseology piled
on, massed together, making an atmos-
phere as thick as fog. Notwithstanding
which there is some fine Instrumentation,
and sensuous thematic beauty in the
work. The Hungarian March went OF
with great energy and force.
Ossip GabrllOwitsch. the great pianist,
was the soloist yesterday. His playing
OF the Chopin Concerto, in Z minor, IL
lustrated the truly immense strides the
science OF plano playing has taken since
that great plano composer arose (from
which day plano brilIiancy is of the dia-
mond and not OF paste). Gabrilowitsch
is OF the scholarly type of pianists.
Every planistic expression, every ele- |
gance is refined upon. polished. made |
beautiful and perfect for your most crit !
icai mood, for your highest aesthetic |
pleasure. Mr.. GabrilowitscRS playing
was in every way worthy of the great /
ness of the concerto. GS W. |
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
YORK
FASHION
LETTER
BY
M4RE LA ROCQLE
Herald Bureau,
MOnOlith Building,
New York City,

dine frock. White buckskin shoes. white
stockings and white rubbers, with white
gloves and furs. completed her visible
costume. She attracted some attention.
but not much. As yet white indoor
mourning is far more usual than white
street mourning. But quite obviously
white mourning is growing more and
more usual.
There is a revived interest in Grape.
Women have got into the habit of dis
carding it as soon as possible. 1t was
stiff, unbecoming, dust-collecting and
fragile, they have argued. But now.
owing to the efforts of many, Grape is
far more attractive than it used to be.
1t still harbors dust, but 1t can be washed
without losing any of its characteristic
qualities. 1t is no longer stiff and awk-
ward; it is as soft and flexible as any
other fashionable fabric. A Grape that
can be washed-that is, soft and flexible
is an almost ideal fabric.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
Dangers In Precocity.

Did you ever worry because your
baby talked before the average child
talked? Did you ever worry because
your small son could do in five min
utes the examples in arithmetic that
it takes most children of his age half
an hour to do? Did you ever worry
because your little daughter can re-
member everything she reads?
OF course you have worried if your
baby failed to talk at the proper age,
if your small son dawdled over his
arithmetic lesson. and if your small
daughter seemed blissfully uncon-
scious of the words you had been
trying to drill into her memory. Every
one is troubled at signs of backward
ness in children. If your children are
backward you set about helping them
TO attain such physical and mental
fitness that they have no difficulty in
keeping up with other children of
their age.
But these precocious children-they
are seldom the cause of worry. Some
times we hear of an infant of four
who succumbs to nervous prostration
shortly after he masters the Greek
alphabet and learns Paradise Lost"
But such a child is unusual
The speyer School, the adjunct OF
Teachers College in New York that
has done so much in perfecting and
devising systems of child education,
has turned serious attention to the
precocious child. On Monday of this
week 4 class containing both back
ward and forward children-ten of
tbcm-was formed there. The object
Of the school is to bring the sub
normal children up to normal and the
precocious children down 10 normal
The precocious children as well as
the subnormal children are to he built
ur physically trained nurse holds
4 position rs high IS that Of the
trained teacher who has the children
in charge outdoor air. and prop
erty balanced ratio of work and
pIav. mental stimulus and mental and
pil,sr,aI rest. will make up the regi-
m4nt Of the children in this inter
c-rrug class.
i.ducators all over the country viii
watch for results from this CNHeri- !
mprt. ,"n rue>e results many school !
s,.rons ,vlu probably he hssed-sys- j
t..as 10 hiring the suhnormal up t" |
tic proper level
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10

The war is responsible for much in
fashiOns-the military brading. the Tom
my Atkins hat, the Russian boot the
far-famed agitation for American design
ers TO develop American styles and many
other things. great and small. 1t is
also responsible for a revived interest in
black
Now both French and American wom-
en- have always appreciated the value OF
black. There is an air OF distinction
about it. Likewise, most good-loOking
women are better looking in black than
in colors, and women without much to
their credit in the way of good looks
often look better in black than in ColOrs.
New York women, especially, always
show much partiality to black-either
alone or with ColOrs. Besides its appeal
to the eye there is a certain durability
about black that undoubtedly appeals
to the American woman, who, for all her
seemingly fTivolity, possesses not far
below the surface a certain instinct. per-
haps an inheritence from remote ances-
tors, for durability. The French wom-
an wears her clothes gaily, what
ever their cost; the American woman
dons q slight anxiety of manner when
she dons her best frocks Perhaps
the war has changed the French woman.
perhaps, her charming air of happiness,
observation-disclosures, has been destroyed.
At all events. the war, whether II has
changed the nature of the French wom-
an of fashion or not. has plunged her
into mourning. Black has become neces-
sarily fashionable. The French dress
makers, forced to work in black for the
women OF their own land. have used II
so Interestingly that they have made
it one of the most fashionable colors of
the season. Whether or not American
women will wear much black this spring
remains to be seen. There is, of course,
no reason why we should go into mourn
ing in our gay moments; it is enough
that we give money and labor and SYM
pathy to the bereft women of all the
countries at war. II we wear black
it is because we like to wear it: not
because we wear it out Of sympathy to
mourning Europe.
The wearing of mourning has changed
vastly in the last few years. 1t has much
lightened. Even in England. which has
always led tho rest of the world in
mourning fashion, the heavy black of a
score of years ago is seldom seen.
And white mourning is now a fact, even
in cold weather. When 1t was first seri-
ously agltated a few years ago it was
deemed suitable only for warm weather.
Even in the warm weather of its first
season of prominence IL remained rather
the subject of curiosity. and of window
displays in the smart mourning shops Of
the Fifth avenue shopping district, than
an accomplished, practical fact.
Now. however. il is often seen, even in
cold weather. Obviously il will always
be a luxury for the woman with money
rather than a possibility for the woman
who must economic strictly, for 1t is
difficult to keep clean.
The other day. when a combination of
fog, ice and snow made New York most
/ saw a woman walking
from shop to shop in all-white mourning.
She wore a long veil around a small
white silk hat trimmed with bands of
white crepe. Her coat was Of some
heavy wool. and she wore white gabar-
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
HOUSE,
WIVES
DAILY
ECONOMY,
CALENDAR
Look to Your Sofa Cushions.

There is no article Of household fur
nishIng that tells so much in a glance
as the cushions used on lounges. chairs
and Davenports. They tell whether the
housewife is tasteful. whether she has
the right idea about furnishings, and
whether she is thorough IN her work a. a
housewife.
In the first place there is never any e1-
cuse for had-looking pillow oovers-not
the slightest For nowadays fabrics that
make delightful coverings for cushions
can be had at such a very small cost,
and the task OF recovering a pillow is
such a simple operation. that ignorance
Or indifference is the only excuse for let
ting pillow covers go.
No longer are sofa cushions ornamen-
tai objects that are meant to be looked
at. to display fine hand work and price
less fabrics. Sofa cushions are for use
and they are meant to give tone to the
room in which they are placed. They
should therefore always be Of service
able material and always be in harmony
with their surroundings, whether the fab
ric is worth 10 cents or 80.
There Is nothing in the way Of pillow
covering that Is so inexpensive and at
the same time so harmonious as plain,
colored burlap which can be bought for
% cents a yard, enough to cover one
cushion being but 10 or Is Cents. In
brown, dark blue or IN green this bur-
lap is acceptable. Monks cloth, which
is very much like burlap but Of better
quality. costs somewhat more. One al
ways wants two or three pillows to use
more roughly than the other cushions
pillows that can be used on the floor II
need be. that can be placed in the hol-
low Of chairs or anywhere to add to ones
comfort. and for such pillows buriap Is
the best OF fabrics.
For finer pillows a plain or self-toned
silk in some good neutral shade is de-
ightful. Pongee or japanese Rajah silk
Is Very nice in blues, green's browns.
COLDS, or mauves. But this sort Of silk
Is expensive. The sun-proof silk that IL
sold at $50 for a yard for window cur
tains and comes in various attractive COL
ors makes a very good silk covering. and
although it is rather thin It is durable
and effective.
OF course. in selecting cretonnes and
chintzes for pillows one Is tempted to buy
the imported fabric. There is no doubt
about It that so far the American made
cretonne does not as a usual thing pos
sess the beautiful designs or beautiful
cOlors OF the imported fabric. But enough
imported cretonne for a pillow costs per
haps 80 cents or more. while enough Of
the domestic fabric Is but IS or % cents.
However, II you look carefully you will
be able to find even among the cheaper
Of the domestic fabrics an occasional
piece that fills the bill.
There is quite knack in cutting a wide
cretonne to fit a pillow so that there is
no waste The idea Ia - rla.. -. III
low kitty corners in the middle Of one
side and then to take the corners and
place them together on the reverse side
OF the pillow. envelope fashion, and this
Is the way professional pillow coverers
solve the problem of using a 36-inch wide
cretonne to cover n 20 or % inch pillow.
Copyright lgIsl
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
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HOROSCOPE.
The stars incline. but do not compel.

Tne stars incline, out DO not compel
Wednesday. February 10, 1918.
This Is a fortunate day. since all the
strong influences are benefic and the
weak ones adverse. jupiter. Venus and
Mercury are friendly, while the Sun Is
slightly ominous.
According to astrology commercial af-
fairs are we'll aspected and the spring
will be time of widespread prosperity.
On this day the sway Is auspiciouS
for bankers, merchants and brokers. I'm
Eorters, also, should benefit greatly.
II Is q fortunate rule for attending to
affairs connected with education, science
and medicine.
There is an encouraging sign for Judges.
lawyers and legislators Litigation Is
subject tc the best aspects. and inter
national law will be much discussed IN
the public prints.
Buying Is under q lucky star today.
Investments wisely maze may bring large
returns.
There is a promising rule foT those who
desire power and seek support. State
banuuets are subject to the most stimu-
Iating and inspiring direction OF the stars.
A political leader hitherto unknown will
arise Unexpectedly and he will be saga
cious, resourceful and successful, the
seerS declare
Trouble for the governor Of Southern
State is prognosticated. He will make
mistakes that disturb those who direct
the fortunes OF his political party.
Women have the best direction while
this conhguration prevails. There Is a
prediction that they VII organize for
humanitarian effort in a way that will
bring honor to the United States.
According to ancient lore this should be
Q favorable rule for certain household
occupations. especially baking and cook
ing. A return to domestic occupations as
a means OF aiding humanitarian efforts
Will be advocated by women in positions
of power. It is predicted, and no one
Will be too proud to engage in the hum
blest tasks.
Visits OF foreign snvoys are prognosti-
Gated. They will cause embarrassment
TO the government at Washington, the
seers foretell.
Persons whose birthdate It is have a
happy augury for the year. Both busi-
ness and domestic affairs will prosper
The young viii marry or become en-
gagged.
Children born on this day have the
promise of success IN life. They prob
ably will be generous. kind and charit-
able. Subjects of Aquarius are usually
lovers Of liberty.
tCopgrght. lslsJ
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
KYNOLY
.WWMAN
. AZR
3 R2ZZLZAY
AND NOLRS
February 10-Mary Cowden- Clarke,
Adelina Patti.

Dear to the hearts OF every lover of
music is the name Of Adelina Maria
Clorinda Patti, who was born on Feb
ruary 10 1913. Her birthplace was
Madrid. Spain, but her parents were
of Italian stock. It would be no ex-
in her lifetime received greater praise
and enjoyed more popularity than any
other singer in history. Her voice
was a remarkably high and sweet So
prano.
Mary Victoria Cowder-C Clarke, who
was born 1O6 years ago today. was
the eldest of the eleven children of
Vincent Novello and was brought up
In one OF the most favorable atmos-
pher~s Of literary and musical 40
complishment that could have been
found at the time anywhere in Eng
.anu. Charles and Mary Lamb were
constant visitors of her parents and
1t was from Mary Lamb that she re-
ceiyed her first instructions. Leigh
Hunt and Keats were among the fire.
quent guests of her fathers house in
London.
A year after her marriage, when
she was but twenty, she began the
work for which her name is famous
and which took the next twelve years
of her life. This was a concordance
OF Shakespeare which she brought to
completion and which represented a
colossal amount of work for any one
individual In private theatricals Mrs.
Cowden-clarke showed that she pos
sessed remarkable dramatic powers
as well as literary ability. It was
while acting in an amateur company
of players that she attracted the at
tention and the favorable comment Of
Charles Dickens, and through this
Dickens came to be one of the friends
of the famous Novello family in Lon
don.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
SHE'S GLAD THE POOR
HAVE A LIGHT DIET
Mrs. John B. Henderson Points Out
that Simple Food Is Best for
All People.

New York. Feb. 9.-The Tribune prints
the following dispatch from Washington:
Il have no sympathy for the poor on
account of their simple diet" was the
answer of Mrs. John B. Henderson in
discussing today the size. weight and
price of bread. and as she said it she
sat in her luxurious boudoir at Boundry
Castle and looked down the broad ex-
panse of Sixteenth street to the White
House
The poor may have my sympathy in
other ways, but not on account of their
enforced simple diet. The health arIs-
tocrat of my place is my gardener, whose
three simple meals a day consist to
great extent of coarse bread, potatoes
and cabbage. His palate is not burned
out with the fine spices. pepper. mustard
and such things, nor is his system de-
pleted with salt. He is able to get the
full natural flavor of his simple meal,
as one could never do who several times
resorts to these things to stimulate the
appetite
Asked If she would even deprive the
poor of their portion of salt. Mrs. Hen
derson said she would. 1T thins the
blood she added. ''and is the cause of
many stages Of indigestion. In a way
it Is a poison to the system. and a salt
famine might produce great good in the
world.
There is no reason why We cannot
live to be l0o 80 or even 2oO years old.
IL We live right" Mrs. Henderson con-
tinued, ''and the first step toward II Is
cutting or the nerve-depletinE stimulats.
Plenty of fresh air. healthful exercise
quantities of fruit. vegetables and coarse
bread will keep one living indefinitely.
Our health aristocrat, who Is strong,
self-rellant. successful. influential. long
lived and happy, finds that the continu-
ance Of youth depends largely on self,
that old age Is what We make II. that
normal health Is the richest prize of
existence and that this world Is made for
health and happiness"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
Transforms Completion;
Wins Social FaporS

Had ! been unable to transform nv
complexion so quickly. so completely. By
an unique process / had just learned of.
! never could have attended the Charity
Ball certain social fayorite a picture
OF loveliness at the great event told me
this Il had been much run down" she
said. when ] bCheld myself in the mir
ror after a nights troubled sleep, I saw
was becoming heavy-eyed and pale.
could not take, and attend the ball. the
long rest my physician advised. friend
suggested | get an ounce Of mercolized
wax at the druggists and use Il as /
would cold cream. I did-the result Is
apparent. In a week I had a new com
plexiOn. The wax took on the old skin
so gradually, there was no discomfort
Now you see the fresh. bright underskIn.
with its youthful glow and expression.
The worry lines and wrinkles which
had become quite numerous I removed
very easily by simply bathing my face
every morning in harmless lotion made
by dissolving an ounce Of powdered saNO-
lite I'm a half pint of witch hazel You see
the result-uy skin as smooth and firm
as a schoolgirls. ''-Alieen Conper In
Home Queen.-AdY.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
SUFFRAGE BILL WINS.

Hanis1ur@. Pr. Feu. BY vote Of
$50 to i Tn" house Of representatives Of
t., Pcnusy wanna legislature passed tn"
wumanS S3IGI"s" resolution ana mes
sarcd il to the ."!.tte. which is also OK
J,ccted to ,dr,r IL at ..r carly date hy a
somewhat divided vote.
The resolution Was passed by the segls-
Iatl.r. in 1919. after hot night, and If
rassrd ny the senate this session will 90
h..forr the voters next fall in the form Of
an amrudm.nt to- the state constitution,
Y approved 10y the majority> of the
y.tcrs it VII extend iull "otcrs' rights
=, women Of Pennsylvania
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10

Among the smart two piece suits Of
fered for town wear is the black and
white worsted model depicted in the
sketch. About the skirt there is very
little to say in detail It is cut in two
places with a seam down either side
by way of Iessening the stretching
propensity Of circular shapes.
The coat strikes one as novel be-
cause its lines are longer than any
that have been worn for the last sew
eral weeks. The upper part is like
an Eton, a tri1e short wasted, and
with the skirt adjusted to give a de
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10
LOUIS
LOUISE

Scientists, inventors. explorers,
authors and musicians, Kings,
Presidents, saints and sinners
number among their ranks a
great Louis or LOuise-MOre
Kings of France of this name
than of any Other-One of the
popular names in the royal
houses of Europe tOday-It means
noble war, and was first borne by
the first Christian King of the
Franks, who was baptized Clovis
by the Pope.
BY FRANCES MARSHALL.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-10

rided hare. The double c-breasted front
is fastened with large mother of pearl
! buttons, rcvers are self-faced and by
way Of marked contrast there is a col
lar of black velvet. Cuffs are dispensed
with. the straight tailored sleeve boast
ing two buttons at the back OF the
wrist as their sole decoration.
Much of the beauty of the model is
due to the fabric As the coat is cir
'cular from waist to hem the checks
show a bias arrangement at the back
which is in striking contrast with the
regulation arrangement of the black
and white squares from waist to neck.
The coat is lined throughout with soft,
white satin.
Il is an excellent model for travelling,
shopping oE.tTOt teur wear. Doubtless
we shall SCI it reproduced later on in
Sabardine, serge and even in linen and
pOngee. worn with black shoes. white
sPats and a white and black hat: the
ensemble is exceedingly pleasing.
The hat in the picture is a between
season shape. showing a combination
OF straw and suede smartly trimmed
with ribbon loops in contrasting color