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Ex-Soldier of France, Baron
de Malaussene, Here. to
Lecture and Show French
War Pictures, Has Un-
limited Faith In French
Women.
Handful of Women Could
Rouse Countrymen to
Stop War, But They Are
True to the State He
Claims.

<tT f the women OF France today
wanted to start a revolution
against he war, they could
do II. A handful of them
could rouse their countrywomen to
action, but they won't even try,
They may meet 10 talk things over:
they may protest-to themselves
that the war IS cruel, but never
word against the state do you hear.
1t was with true French pride In
his nation and its women that the
Paron dc Malaussene voiced his
faith. The baron-he 10 also an adlI-
tant in tho French army-is on fur
lough from active service while he
RECEIVERS from wounds received about
six weeks ago. He is tall-unusuallY
SO. In fact-but his head sinks deep
on his shoulders. which are prema-
trrely bent. His face is rather thin.
careworn. and infinitely sad. yet his
brown ewes speak OF courage and
hope that personal losses may diu
but never obscure.
LAS the wife leads her blind soldier.
so the French woman has always led
the men of her country" he con-
tinued "A woman, Jeanne dare,
saved our country, centuries ago.
Another woman led the charge on
the Bastille during the revolution.
One Big Family.
France today Is one big family.
Itich. poor-all are alike, And all are
fgh.ing-the Frenchman at the front
and the French woman st the rear"
The voice OF the speaker trembled
a trifie. then went bravely on:
"Ah. but II would break your heart
to sec the little girls. so brave. so
hopeful"
The voice uuavered and broke. and
the Baron de Malaussene buried his
face in his hands for a moment be-
fore he continued.
THE French soldier you have hon
ored in all your papers, but the
french woman. she. too, is wonderful.
You of the West have but known
the surface of her nature before.
Now YOU shall tnow the depths.
When you Americans see a little
grisette go pat-patting gayly down
the street in Paris, you say, She Is
frivolous This Is not the truth.
She Is gay. out frivolous-never.
Have you ever heard our beautiful
language spoken or sung by our
working girls? Then you do not
know 1t at it's best.
The French woman Is pal. Soot
Compa nion. She tries to please the
man always. That Is why she Is so
popular. Before the war was thrust
upon us, she did it by being always
happy-though there was a depth TO
her that other people never knew.
But the war has changed her
gayety. She Is cheerful-yes, but gay
no longer. And brave? The men are
no braver. She filings her men into
the fight. speeding them with 'Bonne
courage and Bonne chance Thou
sands of women l have seen sending
their mon out 20 fight. to die, per-
haps. to be wounded almost certain
ly. Never a whimper-never a wom-
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Mary's Martyrdom.

They were speaking Of the beautiful
sex and their kindly conversation In dis
cussing each other a few evenings ago,
when this little incident was recalled:
One afternoon two young women were
talking hats, servants, picture shows,
and things like that. when one OF them
casually referred to certain Mrs.
Smith.
spoor MARY: ,ommented me other:
she suffers much for her belief"
Her belief" responded the first. ques.
tioningly. And what. pray, may that
belief be-"
she believes" was the soft. cooling
rcjoinder Of the second, that she car
wear No. 3 shoe on a No. 6 foot
London Ttt-Bits.
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Business Woman Needs
To Learn To Direct Her
Energies Toward Success
Green Timber Needs Seasoning, Says Maude Radford
Warren, in Discussing Eligibility of Her Sc':
to Fill Higher Positions.
4 S woman still green timber in the
business world?

is woman still green timber in the
business world?
A great many people hold that
she Is. and others, qualifying their
remarks with the hope that she will do
better In time. agree that IL not entirely
yreen she is still an unseasoned guam
t,ty.
Maude Radford Warren, in the Satur-
lay Evening Post writes & story called
Green Timber in which she makes
lie point along with others, that wom-
"a will be green timber in the business
world as long as she gets the big head
oVer the work which she does.
Green timber" is just another way
of saying that the woman does not gain
IS experience, and that no matter how
good business woman she may think
harself, she Is not considered eligible
Ter the higher positions which require
the very broadest viewpoint and busi-
asss ability.
4 successful business woman in the
Et Dry says that "the trouble with a sue
eessful business woman is that she gets
ths bighead She takes herself so much
raore seriously than business man
WHO had succeeded would take himself.
.eok at your Mr. Sinclair; The trou-
hiA with women who get bigheaded is
that they not only think they're so com
peeent but they think it so blndly that
fhay lose the chance Of making them
selves more competent
Directing Energies.
The woman of the story went into
business because she was unhappy at
hone--didn't like her home surround
ings after her mother had died and
rasde up her mind to make herself a
homo of her own. She didn't see any
one or know anyone It seems whom
Ehe wished to marry.
She advanced rapidly to a certain
Taint in the advertising world. But
su1denlv she stopped. and stuck at the
oh of private secretary. while a young
ran whom she had practically taught
tho business was promoted over her
rHgd to be the advertising manager.
she complained over her lot and was
t1lG frankly that she had failed-that
shE hadn't gone after her Job in the
tEht spirit. Yet she had given every
Vrnce OF her time and all of her energy
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as a salad and is particularly adapted
to boiled dressing. In this way 1t Of
fers another salad for the winter days
when winter salads are so high priced
or unobtanablc.
In order to retain all Of the Juices. the
vegetable should be cooked in ONLY. n
NerN small amount of water so that the
lld'lld and flavor are retained in the
sauce. The boiled vegetable can be mt
throuGh a nuree strainer and the pulp
mus formed be used in a milk soup. In
lhis WaV 1t Will be much less extensive
than the common celery
For those housckeepers who are not
,ani'iar with it. let them look for
croWnlsh earthen-coVered tuber like :,
iare potato having rough knobs or nro-
tuberances all over. The plant ia IN
season from now until Christmas.
vegetable Of this kind so oasily prenared
ana so inexpensive Is much more to he
commended for frequent use. especially
IN large family. than the more ex-
pensiNe canned vegetables which weld
such small amount
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Three-Minute
Journey
BY TEMPLE MANNING.
right, 1915, Newspaper Feature Servi

right, lsl5, Newspaper Feature Service
IVY HEN we think of Egypt it
A Is often that the Desert of
" Sahara comes into the
mind until one grows un-
t'lconsciously to corelate the two.
4 1T while the desert Is a desert
ace, indeed, much of Egypt is
+, nd flowing with milk and honey"
he difference between the .destinies
e these two spots of the earth that
= so close together that one sell
'"m knows where the garden ends
I'd the desert begins. is river
e Nile.
Were it not for this famous
ream. so beneficent that it is wor-
sniped as a god by some creeds,
gypt would be a barren place. in
ed. 1t is the overtiowing of the
ong its banks, by renewing the
nth with its silt, as well as by
oistening it with its fruitful
aters. The men who watched these
>ods in the early dawn of history
s cured the knowledge of irrigation.
des that supplied by the overflow
& god OF their crops. was sorely
seded, they dipped their gourds in
- the stream and poured the waters
upon the parched earth.
Very shortly-as years in perSpcC-
tive seem-after that first irrigation
system was put into operation by
the gourd method, some one grew
tired, put two-forked sticks into the
ground, laid stick .,cross them, put
another at right angles to thai. and
tied a bucket to the end nearest the
! liNer: Then. with omparatiNc ease,
H." dipped the bucket into the river.
drew il up brimming. and spilled its
rsNivifying contents upon his thirsty
I rops.
Todsy, if YOU go up the Milo Won
VIII sec thi" ancient method Of irri-
Gation still praCticcd as it was cen
.tr!es ago. Since the irst man'dipp"d
tho first bucket there has been no
" lange. Hts hundreath great-grand-
child still waters his crops the same
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her own clothes. And she does not
waste a scrap of anything.
IF II were not war time she would
b" saving so that her husband could
retire from business when he was
forty or nifty years old. So it is
natural to her to save. Only she does
not have the money to put by.
The world does not begin to
know the beautiful character of my
Countrywomen. But when the war
is over. when we have won peace
with honor. you who come to Paris
Will find different people from
those you knew two years ago. \
sadder nation. but above all united
one-united in loyalty and In adora-
tion. for our women, the heroic,
lovely women who sent us out to
Aght and kept our homes ever ready
four our return" +"
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increased place OIL tle tapiS
is the so-calied knob, or knot
celery now coming generously
ln the market. Here. instead of haV-
tnr the food material stored in tender
- ks, as is the way in the usual type
nf celery. we have all the cellulose
st, ed in a root under the ground. The
iaaFes or stalks are unedible. but the
nN .rous root contains an abundance OF
drHcatelv favored starch and cellulose.
This type of celery Is not to be eaten
rEv as a relish. but cooked as a vegc-
Die. Generally three or four Of the
knobs are sold for 10 or l5 cents. and
a Aalf-dozen knobs will make ample
slLount for a family of six. The knob
~ 10 be pared carefully like a turnip.
leaning out whatever eyes or rough
rortions are present in the skin. The
t.vu white flesh is then to be cut in
-T II dice or thin dices, and boiled.
Ted or even mashed. This celery dis
RS from the effect Of air, and should
nr. be prepared until Just before time
20 serving.
cam sauce or drawn butter com
d.. excellently with this vegetable
~ n served hot. The plain boiled
3gIs. however. can be used we'll in
"a d, taking the place of the usual
f."l Of celery in such salads as chick
aa )r potato. Or 1t can be used alone
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OUCH! BACKACHE!
RUB BLUMBAGO OR
PAIN FROM BACK
Rub stiffness away with small
trial bottle of old
"St. Jacobs Oil"
Nh. Pain is gone,

Quickly?-Yes. Almost instant relief
from soreness, stiffness. lameness and
pain foley gentle rubbing with "St.
Rub this soothing, penetrating oil
right on your painful back, and like
magic, relief comes. st. Jacobs Oil'' is
harmless backaChe, lumbago and
sciGtiCa cure which never disappoints
and doesn't burn the skin.
StraiGhten UP. Quit complaining
Stop those torturous stitches" In a
moment YOU will forget that you ever
had a weak back. because It won't hurt
or he stlf or lame. Don't suffer! Get
a small trial bottle OF old, honest "St.
Jacobs Oh" from your druggist now and
set this lasting relief,-Advt.
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80 80 VI" u '"iHtcd slave 10 wear q
pau OF EauE" i';twcon tho first and sec
ond toes, end saocs with q smooth.
nNe,l' ana s'rai&ht inner side should he
worn II tho evil of leather shoes can
nave 10 o.her sermon preached against
th' M than this ono it would be indict-
mcnt enough.
Rcad"r-Wlll YOU please advise me
now to develop my limbs?
Before each meal drink wincglass-
tul OF olive oil. cat rich. starchy. oily.
greasy foods. and vegetables that con-
TAIN Halad oils. and frosh and dried
fruits. Drinl; three quarts OF distilled
water daily. Take lots OF outdoor ex-
crcis" such as swimming. rowing ten
MS. and tho like. Running and dancing
are very beneficial. sweets, candies and
pastries Will help tho cause along A
bright. cheerful dsposition Is better
than any medicine. Massage the parts
with cocoa butter. cottonsced OF. or
sweet oil each night.
NJ. F. L.. Ballston. Va.-About two
months ago q boil came on my little
boys leg ] applied white precipitate
oiptment. and later opened it, 1t has
never healed and is today a running
sore which is about the size of a dollar.
Clean it with peroxide of hydrogen
and then powder 1t with borfc acid
powder.
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to It. Perhaps the straight talk which
the manager gave her will explain in
part.
Giving up marriage and energy and
time isn't enough" he said. ''Nouve
got to take hold of your work as man
does. make the sacrifices man does,
cconomize your time as man does.
Look at the difference between Beld"n $
grasp and YOURS! You thought tn at TO
make good with me you'd have TO know
every last detail of the advertising bust
ness and you've loaded Yourself uD with
n lot of stuff that gets YOU nowhere
Belden knew that he had business
sense. financial sense. and that's what
he has been developing. and he's let "A
lot of details slide about which he can
ask YOU or dozen people inferior TO
him when he needs to. Hes put ms
energy where it's needed. The big thing
about him is that has watched me. seen
what | was after. made himself my
understudy. watched the way the cat
jumped with our whole business, not
simply with the advertising; He's lived
for one thing. and one. thing. ,only-to
make good In a big way In the AleXandcr
Sinclair firm, not just to make good
with me. He puts the business ahead
Of me. Just as ! put 1t ahead OF myself
physically too. He's cut out late hours.
he's gone in for exercise.
Learn From Men.
Ard then this aStnte nlaliaSer told H'r
also that she wasted her time doing her
own hCusework and a thousand and
other little things which the man who
was striving to got to tho ton naturally
eliminated from his round of duties: =.
Another cause for the green timber
Mrs Warren has SomCon" say, Is that
women will not learn from men.
THE" won't learn from men. TheY
come into the offices as green timber
and II a thCir own fnult that they 10
not become seasoned timber. The fee!
that the office is not their proper en-
vironment and then don't care to adapt
themselves to 1t more than is abso-
lutCIv necessary They are willing TO
work far harder in their homes than
over they do in an office but they don't
care to use their minds hard enough
to carry over from the office 20 The
nome methods that will help them to be
better partners for their husbands.
Trey don't want to use their minds
fully: they'd rather not learn more than
they must"
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an weeping She may weep at nome,
but she never shows II abroad.
The baron threw his head back
proudly,
Proud of Wounded.
She says, Go, my husband. Go,
my son! Fight for your wife, for
your mother, for your babies. You
are the protector of la belle France.
Don't you dare to give in. and don't
return to me until you have won or
you are wounded honorably In hight"
Il know a woman who has thirteen
sons. the youngest nineteen. Six
Of them are killed. Yet | saw her in
a hospital beseeching her youngest.
her baby. to get well. so that he
could 20 back again to his place in
the trenches. The others are Just
the same. They are proud OF their
wounded men. and they have cour-
age enough to send them out again
to fight with a smile and a new
CRY Of 'bonne courage.
"Ah. it is pitiful-yet fine. too. to
blinded with asphyxiating gases
marching along through the streets
OF Paris. arm IN arm with their
wives or mothers. The wife. she
throws hack her shoulders proudly.
and keeps her eyes on the helpless
u
honored. And he marches-stih. as II
going into the charge. with blind
eyes staring straight ahead and
smile-always smile. ,.
"Wc didn't want to fight-we don
want to fight" said the baron, sad,
ly. but now that we have started
every Franchman and woman VIII
die fighting. We don't want to Kill:
Our love for our own wives ana
children makes us think or their
women at home A Frenchman
adores his wife next to his God. ana
to him the very name Is sacred
That is why We In the army SO often
take Germans prisoners instead OF
killing them outright when we have
a chance.
All Work Together.
II am glad to say that there Is
little suffering in Paris, malgre-
despite-the terrible life in the
trenches. The money given to the
women Is ample to keep them sup
plied with food and clothing. 1t Ia a
fact that many Of them have more
now to live on than they had before
the war began.
III any of them were hungry and
starving. thev would be found. you
lray be sure OF that. Il Is AS if
France had put all her money IN one
big bag and divided 1t up evenly
among her people. We no more
speak Of rich and poor All Of the
women work together-all OF them
work for France. The world has
never seen anything like 1t. War
has not come as close to the Eng
lish woman. The French woman,
who has heard guns at the very
gates of Paris. knows truly what
war Is.
THE French woman does not feel
the poverty of wartime because she
is so economical. She Is trained TO
save what others throw away. She
does her own cooking. She makes
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- bunion is no more like corn
than - sugar-loaf like Il
mour tain or whale the 7aTc
as ninnow. Whereas corn Is
series Of cresccntic layers Of hardened
cpidelmls and flesh, bunion Ia
tun. crcence Of the gristic ard a p%ra'
mid OF the big toe bone.
When a bunion is present, the big
toe Is not oalv longer than 1t should
be-. but IL dir, cted in. toward the sc"-
ond toe, at u convex. V-shaped ansl"
Bunions are much more comihon III
women than in men. because many
women persist in wearing hoes much
too tight and too short. 1he resuit
is TO displace and irritate the sri@t,'
called by anatomical pundits ten
dons" and ''bursec"-around the low
est point Of the big toe. and soon or
late to cause tho growth or swellini;
70 bulge and beetle out sidewiss.
Hence, tho burion.
There's tho rub. That Is whore tn
shoc pinches. The. squeeze. and irrt-
tation begins to whip uD the Sristle
like blanket OF the affected joint.
Tho ends OF the two bones, which
meet at this point overGrcw and the
structures by adaptetion seek ("
cushion and protect themselves with
the pillow of Cristle.
A Pedal Deformity.
Soreness presents itself to your per-
ceptions when this promontory OF bone.
gristie, and skin becomes red and IN
famed. Rubbing. chafing. bumpine,
| and all the tortures which misguided
feet encounter may not induce excess
sivc tenderness in a bunion. but may
give Iou a verita BILE Himalaya of trou-
biea by the introduction or another
torment to wit, corn on top OF the
hlIntnn an m ~ Ia hN,
means an odditH.
4 true bunlon is. true enough. a de-
! formity. Be this as it is. you need
; never know you have one unless dis
| become established in II. While II is
possible to sllay much Tenderness SIS
| thereabouts with alcohol and iodine ap-
pIications. the fact that the gristIe and
| bone are overgrown calls aloud for an
| operation, This. to be sure. means that
| bunion9 are not to be sneeZed at and
| the reluctant surgeon must be haled
| to his certain task.
| Method of Removal.
Bunions at times accompany corns
: hammer toes callous flesh on the soles
and other aches and ailments of the
| feet. The operation has nothing to dc
with these: the surgeon can only elm
/ mate the bunion. The one affected with
the bunion takes gas or ether vapor
ttt upSs ICci INC slhp Vi t'lt
The bone and bursa are ensnared prop.
! erly, and the prominence is nippec
away with ste~ilized Instruments. TIVE
| mattress stitches of the sikworm su.-
! flee to insure perfect healing.
A gauze bandage is then applied, and
! opened enough twice a day to pour al
/ cohol upon the stitches. The two little
I siikworm stitches are removed on thC
/ eighth day, and on the tenth day, per.
haps for the first time in years, tn,
/ person once affected with bunion may
walk about without pain.
1 For some weeks thereafter II be
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