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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
Tempest in a Teapot.

Massachusetts people now staying In
Atlanta, Ga. were interested specta-
tors OF a tempest in a teapot there
last week, caused by the announce
ment of stock company of players
that Uncle Toms Cabin" was to be
presented. few days after the an
nouncement the Daughters of the Con-
federacy urged the city officials to
forbid the presentation of the play.
saying that the play had caused
trouble before and now in times of
peace it was a pity to risk it," sat
isfactory compromise was arranged by
changing the name of the play to
'Old Plantation Days" and by elimi-
mating some of the scenes and lines
which goes to show that it was no
serious matter in the eyes of most
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
Fetching Gowns at St. Augustine

net there were associated clusters Of
bright red roses. which caught up the
skirt dra peries at one side.
A unique touch was given by a bow
of red velvet ribbon. which presumably
tied the stems of the roses and whose
ends were passed through a slash in
the founce to reappear in a bow-knot
posed at the very base of the skirt
hem. In this way the designer had
evidently avoided an undignifed use OF
too much splashy color.
The charming blouse was girdled In
a rather high-waisted line by bands
of satin. fastened In front with orna-
silver background. Narrow fiounces Of
net finished the short sleeves. The
neck was in V outline In front and at
the hack there was 4 narrow collar OF
the silver embroidery:
Between dances. while promenading
the broad veranda, this girl wore
wrap of white taffeta whose deep collar
was embellished with disks OF silver
in applique effect.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
HOUSE,
WIVES
DAILY
ECONOMY
CALENDAR
WASH.DAY LUNCHEONS.

The problem of quick and substantial
| luncheon for washday is one over which
many housckceper fumes and frets,
when the whole question could be settled
by having the meat and vegetables that
would be needed cooked the day before.
With a little cold roast beef or lamb.
or a boiled plate piece of beef. many
delicious dishes may be made in jiffy.
and instead of the hot vegetable which
takes so much time to cook, salad
could be served of the cold ones.
Boiled beef with tomato sauce-Cut the
beef. fat and all. in thick slices. Then
heat together a tablespoonful of hutter.
two tablcspoonfulS of good tomato cat
sup. and a cupful of stock soup, or
gravy. When this is smoking hot. lay
in the slices of beef. turn them over in
the sauce until heated through and add
the salt and pepper that would be need
cd. Any cold meat may be used in this
way. and veal or mutton would be cS-
pecially good so treated.
An appropriate salad could he of boiled
white potatoes. sliced and warmed in 4
hot vinegar and oil dressing.
Sayory mnCe of cold meat or poultry
This can bc prepared IN IA chatting dish
in the pantry if the kitchen must be left
clear tor the washing. Melt table
spoonful of butter OF good drippinGs and
add to it a teaspoontul Of onion juice.
IuI into this chopped meat of any sort,
and In0iSten it to the softncsS liked
with gravy saved from the roast or boil
ing. Season with celery salt and pepper,
and with anything but chicken put in a
tablespoonful of WORCESTERSHIRE sauce
al the last. If beef is used chopped po-
tatocs may be added with advantage.
\ salad for the dish could be made
of boiled carrots or beets and Spanish
onou seasoned with French dressing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
Children to Be Cared for
By "Mothers-by- Choice"
So Says Dorothy Garfield Fisher, Who Asks why Should
the Word Teacher Always Mean
Chldless Spinster?'

II think the children OF the world ulti-
mately will be gathered together in small
groups for most of the day. cared for by
scientifically trained mothers-by-choice
who benefit not only their little ones.
but the whole of the human race by
their natural fitness for their undertake
ing" This is the sentiment expressed re-
Gently by Dorothy Garfield Fisher the
famous student of the Montessori meth
cd in education.
THE profession OF being a mother"
she said. nowadays actually absorbs
the energies Of a woman only during tn;
babyhood Of each child. which in the
case OF the average small family means
only very few years out of the sixty
Or seventy which the mother lives We
have not left to us the necessary domes-
tic activities of our great-grandmothers.
And the better trained teacher and the
more perfectly equipped school arc TAX
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05

Dancing Is one the chief diversions
at the Alcazar. st. Augustine. and many
OF the fetching gowns designed in New
York make their initial appearance at
these functions. patronized by young,
old and middle-aged. but with the
youthful element predominating. They
inauSurate. In. fact, the gowns for the
tea dance girl"
The frilly dance frock seems to be
the favored thinS-a beautiful crea-
ton of soft taffeta and cloudy net in
white. baby blue or pink. elaborated
with lace or embroideries. An ex-
ception to the general rule Is illustrat-
ed in the sketch. which is of Cleopatra
green tulle mounted over white net
which. in turn. is trimmed with bands
Of silver lace.
As worn by a stately blonde, whose
alabaster beauty Is not unknown to the
drawfngs-rooms OF New York. the
gown created a veritable sensation the
other evening. for with the green of
the tulle. the silver of the embroidery
and the billowy INDEBTEDNESS of white
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
How to Get POise.

Miss 5. writes: please tell me how
can learn to walk on the balls of my
feet"
fou should make no effort to walk on
the balls of your feet. If you make the
effort to do so YOU will be self-conscious
and affected.
Learn TO get your poise so that the
weight Is balanced over the instep. The
weight should rest on the entire foot. 1t
is mistake to try to learn 10 walk be-
fore one learns to stand properly: you
are apt to get stilted. affected walk II
you do. Try to establish your poise
evenly over the arch Of the foot. as d.
rected above, and / will give you direc-
tfons for walking, later, in these COL
umns.
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ing from us A considerable pari oil the
profession OF mothering. The child now
lives great part of his life and very
important part of his life away from
his home and his mother. The home
has become meeting place - no long
er place where the family lives to-
sether.
IF society ordans that children shall
leave the amateur home. for the profess
siunal school, why should not the mothers
travel there after them" Why in the
world should there be at tacit under
standing in America that teacher means
a childless spinster? Why should not
the real born mothers become teach
crs? Those of us who have a passion
for maternity should devote ourselves
even more to children than We do now
under the present narrowly parochial sys-
TEN OF combining our efforts to the chill
drcn of our own family"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
He FINDS PERFUMES
PLACE IN SURGERY

That 1.-THE nausea which SO often fol-
lows the administration of an anaesthetic
Is in most cases caused by the smell is
the theory that DR.. Joseph E. Lumbard.
of New York, advances in the Medical
Record. He says that, acting upon this
theory. he hos succeeded in preventing
this nausea ''by substituting some pleas
ant odor for the offensive smell"
DIR. Hubbard makes a roll of gauze Of
eight or ten thicknesses, about two inches
long and half an inch wide. He wraps
about two-thirds of the roll In adhesive
plaster. leaving tab of the plaster free.
He places the roll on the nose Of the pa
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
Sops. Not Privileges.

Jessie Ashley. lawyer and member of
the faculty of the womau's law class
of New York University. thinks that
women have no privileges. but only
sops thrown TO them by the dominant
sex to keep them quiet. She just pooh
poohs the notion that not to be Obliged
to pay your husbands bills or alimony
comes under the head OF privilege.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
They Won't Lick Off,"

Mrs. IngcborE HanSeu. living in
Orange. y. j.. makes for children gay
ly painted toys, warranted not to
lick Off" These toys arc so much i'm
demand that all she makes arc readily
bought up by dealers. She has four
children all under seven years of age,
takes care of them. of her house. and
yet finds time to decorate the latter
and make the TOYS
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05

tient to be anaesthetized. the unwrapped
end projecting beyond the tip of the nose
about as far as the mouth: the tab of ad-
hesive plaster Is stuck to the upper part
of the nose. On the end projecting be-
yond the nose a little perfume is dropped
Immediately after the anaesthetic Is with
drawn. the head being then elevated and
turned to one side.
II tn patient has mustache DIR. Lum-
bard merely perfumes this. being careful
not to let any of the essence drop into
his nose or mouth
Then when the patient comes to he
smells, orange blossoms or roses instead
Of ether or chloroform and in most cases
he feels NO nausea. but the eject n not
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
How Can Women Stop wnrs

Mrs. r. writes: What can We women
do TO stop this WARP
Write Miss Jane Adams Hull House.
Chicago. She IS at the head of move
ment TO form woman's peace parties in
every civilized country. The object is
TO educate public sentiment to demand
the cessation of hostilities. Do every
thing YOU can to start this public senti-
ment in Your locality. Miss Adams will
tell You how.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
To Confuse Her Husband.

Louise Clesser Hale admits cneeriuils
that Ahe is A, and says that Is the only
thing she tells the truth about. She be-
lieves in dancing for women, with part
ners il they can get them. without part
ners II they must. She drinks tea every
and reads Cicero ana EPIC
tetuts for relaxation and to confuse her
husband.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
Answers to Correspondents.

Miss Cocroft will endcavor to answer
all questions relating to he- department
as promptly as possible. AS it will not
be practicable to print an answer 10
every inquiry, stamped envelope
should accompany each letter. All let
tiers SHOULD be addressed to Miss Susan
na Cocroft. care of this paper
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05

invariable, for the peSfume does not pre-
vent some persons from vomiting. Dr.
Hubbard prefers the oil of bitter orange
peel to any other essence, OUT ne says ne
consults his patients preferences.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05

For the young girl Eveyne Naron shows this hat OF
navy blue pcot straw, banded and bowed in ale rib
bon Of the same shade and jaunty at the right
side, extinguishing the right eye.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05

fusion or delay in the descent.-The
Independent.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05

lie told her if she could not fancy
the cold beef. to try little with
picked onions. Gaskcll
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January &c coal was SO ton In Lon
don. England.
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HOROSCOPE.
Monday, April 3, 1918.

The stars incline, but do not compel"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
TOMORROW'S MENU.

Copyright, Ial5.)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05

LUNCHEON OR SUPPER.
Framed Lamb on Toast
Hot Biscuit.
prule Pudding.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
DINNER.

III ~ ~ bsns
T,-m Tomato Soup.
OLD Roast Beef.
Liked Potatoes.
GUtt,Ied Caulifouef,
NateICrrs Salad.
Cranberry Pie.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22
LAWN PARTY FOR
PELLACRA VICTIMS
YOUNG WOMEN OF MAIN STREET
BAPTIST SCHOOL ALSO
TO GIVE AID,

Assistance for the stricken family
of pellagra sufferers residing just out
side of the city limits, who were dis
covered a few days ago by Or. Robert
Donald, county health officer, is com
ing in from all sides.
The young women of the Sunday
school class of Mrs. S. b. Martin, at
the Main Street Baptist church, will
visit the home tonight, and will carry
with them a quantity OF provisions aid
supplies. The young women will meet
at the church and will go from there
in a body to the home.
A lawn party will be given on the
property of the Louisiana Gravel and
Sand Company, on the county road
near the city, Friday evening, for the
benefit of the sufferers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22
QUITS EXPRESS lob
BECAUSE OF HEALTH
z. II. SAVAGE, FORMERLY OF HAT.
TlESBURG, LEAVES EMPLOY
OF SOUTHERN.

1t became known in Hattiesburg to-
day that z. H. Savage, for many
months route agent of the Southern
Express Company, in this city, and
who recently was transferred at his
own request to Jackson where he was
made agent of the express company's
Offices there, is in such bad health
that he has been forced to leave the
services of the organization.
Mr.. Savage went to the capital
about two months ago, feeling that a
change might be beneficial to his
health He grew worse, however, and
sent in his resignation to take effect
Immediately.
With Mr.. Savage's resignation, sew
eral changes have been made in the
Jackson office r.. E. King, of this
city, employed in the Hattiesburg Of
fees of the Standard Oil Company,
will go to Jackson to become depot
clerk in the offices there. Mr.. King
formerly was employed by the South
ern in Jackson.
Ernest E. Williams, formerly of
Natchez, has been appointed agent at
Jackson, succeeding Mr.. Savage. Viii
liams, in turn, is succeeded by F. E.
East, cashier in the Jackson agency.
j. c. Permenter, clerk in the office,
takes Mr.. East's position, while Mr.
King becomes depot clerk.
Mr.. Savage has been very i'll for the
last seven weeks. He viii take an ex-
tensive rest, and on his recovery, will
again enter the employ of the South
ern Express Company in some capac-
ity.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22
THE HERO OF GALICiAN q
CAMPAIGN A DESCENDANT
OF MISSISSIPPI FAMILY

General Mackensen, hero of the
German army in the campaign
which the Teutons are waging in
Galicia, and whose various mill.
tary moves have been crowned
with success more than once re-
Gently, is a descendent of Mis-
sissippi family, and is not of pure
German blood.
Mackensen is a Germanized form
of "McCaleb' and it is stated that
Gen Mackensen is a son of Gen.
James McCaleb, of the Mexican
army, who was ordered to be shot
by Gen. Santa Anna during the
Mexican war because he refused to
fight against the United States, his
native country. His life was saved
by the Masonic fraternity, of which
he is a member, and he was exiled
to Germany There he changed his
name to "Mackensen," and his
son, inheriting the military in
stincts OFF his father, drifted into
the German army.
Gen. Jas. McCaleb, of the Mex.
ican army, was the son of Col.
Jas. McCaleb, who commanded a
North Carolina regiment during
the Revolutionary war, and was
the hero of the battle of Kings
Mountain. He was the grandfather
of Congressman James McCaleb
Wiley, of Alabama. and Col. A. R.
Wiley, who also served in Congress
from Alabama. Another grandson,
DR.. James F. McCaleb, is a promi-
nent planter in Claiborne county.
this state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22
ATTENDANCE TONIGHT
TO BE BIGGEST YET
Frederick Warde, Eminent Shakes
pearean Student and Interpreter,
Holds Audience Under Spell For
Two Hours at Last Nights Exer-
cises-BeuIah Buck Quartette Also
Gives interesting Program.
Gives interesting Program.

The fourth day of the chautauqua
and musical festival today promises
to draw bigger crowds to the tent at
the court house than yet have attend
ed any OF the entertainments. The
New York City Marine Band, one of
the best musical organizations on the
chautauqua circuit, reached Hatties-
burg this morning, and this afternoon
is giving an unusually interesting con
cert.
Tonight, indications are that the
tent will be packed. Advance sale of
seats this afternoon was unusually
large, and the season tickets are going
at a rapid clip.
The exercises opened today with a
lecture at the First Baptist Church by
the platform manager, the. Rev. Kerr
Boyce Upper.
The young women of the two Phil
athea Classes of the First Baptist
church, sponsors of the chautauqua,
hope to dispose of all the season tick
cts before the end of the day.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22
MRS. RUTH TAYLOR CONLIN.

Aged tWenty-One, daughter of Q veal
thy resident of Sea Cliff, Long Island
and belle of the little town and the
surrounding country, has admitted
that she robbed a number of houses
closed for the winter and spring by
summer residents. She did this with
Donald Clapham, son of the town
real estate agent to whose protection
for the winter months these cottages
had been given. The young man GO
the keys from his fathers office.
Now he says the girl was the chic
plotter. He furnished the keys bur
she did the robbing, he told newspa
per men.
Ruth did all the stealing" said he
'She took the lead always. di,
not take thing from the places We
went to. l had the means of effectine
entrances-the keys.
eve wanted to go to dances anG
theatres and devised the burglar,
scheme to get money. / realize | an
as much responsible as she. | have
no resentment against her for get
ting me into this scrape"
Some months ago Mrs. Conlin, thel
Ruth Taylor, ran away from home ant
married a chauffeur. She quit him
after three months. Clapham's atten
tiOns to her aroused the husband VIII,
followed the pair, when they took
valise on train to New York City
Thinking he would get evidence for
divorce he followed only to be led into
a Brooklyn pawnshOp. 1t was found
by the county authorities, after he re
ported to them, that the valise con
tanned valuables stolen from the Sea
Cliff homes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22
What Brewer Thinks.

Jackson, Miss, June Ex-Governor
Brewer believes that Gov. Slaton, of
Georgia, did the manly thing in com
muting the death sentence of Leo
M. Frank, of Atlanta, to that of life
imprisonment Asked for an express
sion on the action of the Georgia chief
executive, Gov. Brewer said:
after reading the testimony care
fully as published in the press of the
country | thought it sufficient to cre-
ate strong suspicion of the mans guilt,
but far from proving it beyond a dea-
sOnable doubt. Without the testimony
of the negro Conley there was moth
ing upon which to base a verdict
against him, and in view of the fact
that Conley was confessedly guilty
Continued on Page Six.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22
b|LBO POLITICALLY
DEAD, SAYS TALLY
FORREST COUNTY'S GUBERNA.
TORlAL CANDIDATE REVIEWS
CONDITIONS.

In a statement issued today by the
campaign headquarters of John R.
Tally, Forrest county's candidate for
governor. Mr.. Tally reviews the politi.
cal conditions in Mississippi, and de-
clares that Bilbo is losing ground
every day
The statement is as follows:
"Theo. is dead, politically. We
spoke together last night Saturday
to one more crowd away ont in the
woods. He tried several times to ere
ate a laugh by making personal
thrusts at me, and, also, at my plat
form. but not a ripple of laughter did
he draw He tried some as to Brewer,
but that did not CO. His efforts fell
fiat: the crowd was not with him.
They responded readily to me as
followed by fixed policy of referring
to no one, not even to him except in
a courteous manner.
At Senatobia he spoke in the fore
noon. l in the afternoon. I had n
much larger crowd and received four
times the applause he got. | have
been well received everywhere on this
trip and in some places received ova-
tions. If my friends will just keep
busy, we will run the second with him
and we will win. | have spoken from
three to five times every day since l
left home and will keep up that pace
this week. We are growing very fast
in north, northeast and northwest Mis-.
sissippi.
(Signed) "John r. Tally"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22
Frank on Prison Farm.

Milledgeville, Ca, June 22.-At the
Georgia prison farm, dressed in stripes
denoting the lowest grade prisoner,
Leo NJ. Frank today again protested
his innocence of the murder of Mary
Phagan and expressed conviction
that the day is ne far distant when
l will be exonorate1,"
Frank said that he had had no in
timation of what was going to happen
tate Monday night when officers went
to his cell in Atlanta to get him for
the trip here. He expressed gratitude
toward Gov. Slaton and said he felt
intuitively that he would at least com.
mute his sentence
Frank will be known as convict
No. 965."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22

Miss Mona McAdoo, daughter of Will
liam G. McAdoo, secretary of the
treasury, did not have to scrub has
pital floors in France. She was a
nurse. They had regular scrub ladies
there to scrub floors. Miss McAdoo
was very indignant ABOUT the stories
cabled from France when she stepped
from the liner Rochambeau the other
day. This photograph shows her
leaving the ship.
'Tm no gutter" she told the re,
porters, "and don't think left France
because the work was too hard"
She was accompanied by her friend,
Miss Katherine Britton. She was met
down the bay by her father. The Sec
retary also was anxious to clear his
daughter of the charge of having quit
because of the hard work.
Look at her." he said to the re-
porters. "She does not weigh a hun
dred pounds
Il came back because father or
dered me to-" said Miss McAdoo 81
never had to scrub floors. | was a
nurse, and there were other people
there to do the scrubbing. If | get
back my health in time | shall return
to the hospitals"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22
BOY SUSPECTED Of
BURNING A BARN
SMALL NEGRO SEEN NEAR THE
GRANTHAM STRUCTURE
YESTERDAY. =.

Fire, believed to have been of in
cendiary origin, yesterday afternoon
completely destroyed the small barn
of George Grantham, on Duke street,
between George and Edwards streets.
The fire occurred at about 4 O'Clock.
The structure was completely covered
by flames before the firemen arrived.
1t was stated today that small
negro boy had been seen in that vicin-
ity a short time before the blaze was
discovered 1t is believed that he set
fire to the structure, although for what
reasons, no one knows.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-22
ANT|.FRANK RIOTS
NOW ARE SUBS|D|NG
STILL STATIONED OUT
SIDE THE GOVERNORS HOME,
HOWEVER.

Atlanta, June 22.-While the militia
still is on guard at Governor Salton' S
home in the country today, quiet pre-
walls both there and in this city, and
there is no indication of a repetition
of the exciting scenes of yesterday
and last night whiehsfollowed the an
nounfement of the Communication OF
Leo Franks death sentence.
There were no crowds in the streets
today, and tF near-beer saloons which
were closed yesterday, were reopened
this morning.
At the governors home it was
stated that the militia probably would
be withdrawn from there tonight