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By LAURA cEAwsoN.

mother OF a fall or a sprain which
the child. being In no actual pain
at the moment. thought unworthy OF
mention. 81
themes OF our children; we do not
want to, place an overemphasis upon
tho likelihood OF accident, but we
40 want to equip them with the
knowledge. which ut some time wnen
they least expect TO use IL. may
stand them in good stead.
emphasis on the Importance or calm
ness In an accident. Her example 10
worth more than the procepI.
Nerves are treacherous things, put
CHILDREN are quick to catch the m
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try Of epidemics. for their Affection
ate and efficacious help to Serbia's
wounded and sick soldiers. for their
generous assistance to Thousands OF
Serbian refuEees--and TO ask them
not to relax In their ATTEMPT TO- come
to the. help Of those refugees who
are starving and suffering indescrib-
able miseries In Montenegro. Al
bania. ana Greece. -. d. -,.., e. -..--
- BY lectures and addresses at
public meetings 20 try 70 show that.
being the most democratic people IN
Europe. being one Of the most gifted
and chlvalrous nations IN the Old
World. always bravely nEhting for
high ideals. always loving liberty
and progress-the Serbians are
worthy OF the sympathy and friend
ship Of the most democratic. hlxhly
progressive, and generous people OF
the Greatest republic In the world.
"a Proving that the Serbians are
worthy OF such sympathy and friend
ship. and knowing well the moral
influence Of tho United Stateb In all
questions s7of ~t.=.!Ss.- liberty. and
progress of the world. to~try, to So
cure the moral SUPPORT Of the people
tegritx OF, their, territory. the indie
pendence Of their national state. and
the realization Of their national as
pirations--which ere; To unto all
the Serbs. Croats. And Stevens into
ono independent national state OF
the Southern slavs Qoogo-sla-
viya)." aS.
Question Of Munitions.
At the outbseak Of war In August.
INA MIRA ,Psnkhmyt, the leader OF
theS wopaen's Focal and Political
Union. immediately called . truce 70
the militant sE;tatiop OF the suf-
fragrttea I, The government respoiid-
ed by -eleerins Internationally a
nunlber OF women who were then IN
Holloway jan. At that time Mrs.
Paplkhyrst was in France paving, a
visit to her daughter. Mies chri5ts-
bel Pankhurst. she saw the nicbi-
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Teaching First Aid to Children
Mother Must Equip Her Child With knowledge That May
Be Needed Emergency Self-Contol Important Asset

lection OF fright In crisis. the
one great duty which we owe the
little, victim OF, even the most trivial
accident Is that OF calmness. !
1t isn't an easy thing to keep from
arms the wee one, but IL our tears
mingle with hers, the ,outcrtes are
the louder the next TIME, ". ~
Selftcontrol Is one or the hardest
lessons life has to teach, and many
or us, alas. never learn II. Pain.
lesson the old Greeks considered or
the utmost Importance. - something
which most OF us ehrlnk from foro-
ing upon our. children. ,.tF,r I,0.
Copyright. 1915, by Laura ciAwson).
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YOUR EYES

This Ia the last Of a series Of six
articles which have appeared
on this page this week. Taken
together they give q notable
fund Of information about the
eyes, their maladies and their
care. Single articles or the
entire series may be secured at
the counting room Of The
Times, Munsey Building, Penn
sylvania avenue.
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ever these might give you a world of

over these might give you a world of
help. -
Dear Miss Laurie: I have been
going with a boy for almost two
years. and like him very well. A
girl who knows me and doesn't
like me at all takes walks where
she thinks he will be and talks to
him to make me jealous. I really
don's think he likes her at ali.
What shall 1 doT ~ /,
~ HOW both the girl and the boy
that you aren't Jealous. As
~ long n the girl sees that IL
makes you angry for her TO
behave as she does, she will continue
TO parade with your boy friend
whenever she gets q chance.
Seriously. you know the boy won't
have very much respect for a girl
who makes a business OF meeting
him out on street corners. He should
find you all the more charming by
care and soon he may become so
afraid that you don't like him any
more that he will give UP the other
girls society.
Dear Miss Laurie: A young
mani Va NY nCQu2inlAnCt mas D0N-
eral times asked me to go out TO
afternoon tea with him, but i
have to decline, since ! do not
know what ! Ahould order. ner
what kind OF tea. VIII you tell
me. SUE.
r PERSONALLY prefer orange
pekoe tea for the afternoon. as
Il has a mild flavor that IL more
delicate than that OF other teas.
The waiter will bring you q tray.
containing a strong infusion OF tea
In pot. another pot with hot water.
cream. sugar, lemon. and the cups
and saucers. You will probably be
expected to pour tea for your es-
cort, Ask him how he likes II,
weak or strong. with cream or
lemon, and Of what sweetness. The
hot water makes Il possible to have
tea OF any strength desired, you see.
You will add the havoring before the
waiter takes the cup to your escort.
Nothing IL better with afternoon
tea than buttered toast and orange
mnrmalade. and this may complete
your order. Some people prefer
toasted mullins instead Of the toast.
Copyright. lsis. Newspaper Feature servic,
Miss LaHris plH ,oslcome letters
OF Inquiry on subjects Of ,tNterest
from readers Of Tits paper, and coil
reply to them IN these columns.
They should be addressed to her,
care Of thts office.
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I- o thank the American
people for what they
have already done for
scrbia--and TO ask them
not to relax In their attempt to come
to the help of those refugees who
are starving and. suffering indescrie-
able rnlseries in Montenegro. Al
bania. and Greece"
This statement Is made by Mrs.
Emmcline Pankhurst In explanation
OF her Wat here with Cheddomii
Miyatovich, a former Serbian secfe-'
tary OF state for foreign AFFAIRS, and
appoiptee to the Serbian commission
by. the. present prime minister OF
Serbia, Nicholas Pashich. They
speak, for the Serbian people tonor-
row at the Belasco Theater at .
p. m ~
Although Mrs. Pankhurst has had
trouble In times past. not only with
her own government but with other
governments. there Is no cause for
worry over her appearance IN
America In this instance. Indeed.
ever since the beginning Of the war.
when she declared a truce with the
English government. and had all
political hostilities cease. there has
been nothing but the most loyal eff
fort toward cooperation with Eng
land on her part
The most remarkable English
woman Of her day. granted by many
to possess the genius Of recognised
diplomats. Mrs. Pankhurst has
hitherto, directed her energies along
lines which have rather served to
rIdicuie her. In this new work, how
ever. she n liable TO only q small
amount OF criticism. and r. proving
herself a worthy citizen OF England.
No Hint Of Suffrage.
There Is no hint nor suggestion OF
suffrage IN this visit Of Mrs. Pank-
hurst. so her secretary has informed
the press. She has seemingly taken
advantage Of the respite granted her
by the oncoming of the war. and In
making a most noble effort TO prove
to England by quiet methods Just
how valuable and deserving the Eng
lIshwomen are today. -.
Yet shsrdoes this In her own case
through the plea. not for herself. but
for Serbia. In q letter which was
forwarded in explanation of her
Forthcoming visit. she says:
THE Serbian people and their gov
eminent have been deeply moved by
the helm which the American people
Through their Red Cross and other
organizations) have rendered them,
so spontaneously and 10 generously.
since the beginning OF the great Eu-
ropean war. Geographically 20 far
away. the American people proved TO
the Serbians that for the american
democracy and its humanity and
generosity no country in the world
was too far away. In the midst OF
their struggle with the overwhelming
forces OF the enemy, and in the midst
of their terrible sufferings, the Ser
blans saw o great revelation-the
revelation OF the political and moral
greatness OF the American people.
That revelation led to the sending
of the present Serbian mission to the
people Of the United States. The
Serbian prime minister. Mr.. Nicholas
Cheddomil Miyatovich. q former Ser
afYairs and for many a year Serbia 9
minister to the Court Of st.. James.
Objects of Mission.
THE objects OF the mission are:
u. To thank the American peop,e
for what they already had done for
Serbia-for their admirable and most
successful efforts to clean that coun-
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Mrs. Emmeline n nkhurst, Famous English
Suffragist, in Washngton on New Mission

No Word Of Suffrage in the
Talk of Mrs. Pankhurst
Scheduled for Tomorrow
at the Belasco Theater. A
Member Of the Serbian
Commission, She Comes
to Thank This Country
for What Aid They Have
Given, and to Ask That
the Aid Begun, Continue.
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Miss Laarie tosII aoelcome letters
Of inquiry on subjects of Interest,
from readers Of tAts paper, and iDill
reply to them IN these columns.
They should be addressed to her,
care Of this office.
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Hats For Women.

Daily Eagle. > -
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Objects of Mission.

The objects Of the mission are:
"a To thank the American peop,e
for what they already had done for
serbia-for their admirable and most
successful efforts to clean that coun-
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Romance To SPOILED.

There is a mound OF earth 20 ct.
Paul's church, at New York, Tat Is
orersrown with long. coarse grass and
looks like an unkempt. unsaarked
grave. Groups Of young women from
Office buildings gather In thst quiet
part of the c~hurchyard every day at
the noon hour to eat their lunches.
Among these regular frequsaters OF
the place there has been mucs specula.
ton rs TO the meaning OF this new
grave and why It should be so neg.
lected. All sorts OF romantic stories
have been woven about It BY the i'm.
aginative tales OF family fxuds, disap-
pointed love and the like. Yesterday
q workman wheeled a barrow up to
this mound and began s~hoveling some
of 1t In to cart It away. There was ex.
element Immediately among the
luncheon parties. Whole tomb Is
this?" asked n OF the lunchers,
b~reathlessly. The man looked puzzled
for q moment and then srinned. This
amt no grnre, miss he answered.
This is Just a heap Of mold that we
use to fll up any place that caves in"
And thus a romance was spoiled.
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:: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE ::

II slept well that night, Margie."
said Paula, "aud. By strange chance
1gdreamed not OF my new Job or OF
my life, but Of the old home and JET
Perrygreen. Again | was standing
by the area gate and Jef was coming
through, his arms full OF groceries.
a.Good morning, Miss Paula he
said.
81, little snob that / was, did not
deign to answer. but he did not not
mind, for he said as he dropped some
OF the packages while he snatched of
his torn cap and dug his bare toes
into the earth:
"'My. but your eyes are bright this
morning, Miss Paula. Won't you have
an apple?' and he rushed back to the
delivery wagon and brought me q big
red APPLE
Just then In my dream my cover.
ness came and called me in, but be-
9ore i went | graciously accepted the
tpple.
.My governess was telling the little
Paula that It was wrong to accept ap.
piles from barefoot grocery boys. when
] 8awoke to find myself a big Paula
in the hail bedroom Of a queer little
old boarding house.
II had slept late and breakfast was
nearly over. Emma was gone, She
had Q shift Of a few hours IN the
morning, and In the evening from 8
% II. She told her aunt 10 tell me
must have a black dress and a cap.
Twas puzzled at that, 50 Enima's aunt
said:
"Tt you have q lsee handkerchief
you can make a pretty little cap Of
II. The idea Is more Ornamental than
anything else
Fl was not thinking, however, so
much about the cap as ! was about
the dress. The only black dress I
owned was a decollette evening dress
OF Jet sequins and that was in the
storage house. smiled as ! pictur.
g. myself In 1t checking hats at the
College Inn.
think my sense Of humor has
been o saving grace to me. l can
truly say that not once In my long
climb back to happiness, after the
awful change in my life, did / not
ind something to make me smile
even In the midst OF my greatest trag.
edtes when my house OF cards that I
had built SO laboriously, had tumbied
)ss%.ntn front Of my eyes.
Vas soon as I finished my breakfast
went over TO the College Inn to ask
Emma about my dress. It staggered
me 70 have the head waiter pull out
q fromia nearby table. His de.
fenle was disconcerttng under the cir.
cumstances, especially as ] found to
WxAlsmaz4hat 1 eolldnoLEememhes,
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FURS? YES!AND TWON,TB BE sOVERY
LONG BEFORE YOU WEAR THEM!

ture which / photographed at the fall
fashion exposition.
1t "a the prettiest OF a dozen de.
signs OF flr.trimmed winter coats. for
let me whisper TO you. most Of next
winters furs will be accessory" furs.
They will be worn as coat trimming
not a. sets"
The pictured model, which will be
developed in velvets, yeiours, duve.
tynes and similar soft fabrics, Is made
In the new serpantine velvet, and II
blends into more shades of gray than
/ can name.
The shawl collar and the skirt band
are moleskin. The narrow bands
across the full.gathered back are also
mole. This Is an excellent coat mod
Ell for the business woman, or the
busy club woman who finds a nun
a troublesome sppendage to a winter
outfit.
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fall fashion exposition. She Will wear,
instead. q big comfortable eoat OF
chinchflla or some other colddetyirg
material with a big. up-tothe.ears col.
lar Of fur.
A model that should make the
youngster Of Il happy, and keep her
comfortable, Is this coat Of gray chin.
chiila with collar Of brown martin,
which tie little fashion model, Char.
iotte Stevens. wore at the style show.
With such big cuffs and such big
pockets no small girl would need a
muf.
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Emma's last name, in fact I did not re-
member having heard it. Fortunately,
she caught sight Of me and l walked
over to her in a hurry.
Emma, your aunt said 1 had to
have a black dress. II that Is SO |
an afraid l can't take the place as
have only sT.34, and my board is
due tomorrow
Don't worry, kid. What you wan.
Is one OF thase s. maids costumes
OF black Saline, and you'll look like
a million dollars masquerading as a
poor, but honest girl. or course every
woman who looks at your shoes and
clicked silk stockings will sniff and
wonder where you got them
1T was then, MarGie," said Paula,
that / got my first taste Of the snob.
berry OF the people who wait on you.
That head walters manner was very
different as ! went of with Emma,
from what 1t was when | came In.
u spoke Of this to Emma and she
said:
at Is not always money that makes
snobs, although the getting OF lots
Of 1t helps a lot. Jules is the am
kind OF a snob that Mrs. Chambers is,
although both would resent It II o
told them So
Emma, you are a wonder I said,
! am going to learn a lot from YOU"
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the abilities of a growing young &C.
tor. Uphill work 1t was sometimes,
but always steady. And when, after
several years OF hard work, the night
came on which Jimmy saw his name
emblazoned in lights above the door
Of the star theater, his thoughts went
back to that night in his past when
preparedness" had enabled him to
seize the opportunity knocking at his
door. And the pretty girl who had
waited for him at the stage door that
eventful night now sat, proud and
happy, in the managers box and ap-
plauded her actor husband as he
achieved his stardom. She, too, be-
lieves in preparedness.
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Discovery I began to feel better, and
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I'm doing all my Homework which 1
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Good blood means good health; good
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Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets resu.
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evidently disappointed, she took her
seat, keeping her eyes, however, on
the boys, as they showed the people
In.
At last the bell sounded, the lights
slowly grew dim, and the audience
settled itself for the first act, little
knowing that behind the scenes a
young actor was waiting for his cue
with shaking knees and fast-beating
heart. The most thrilling moment OF
Jtmmy's life was at hand, and he felt
he could not go through with It.
Stage fright had seized him, his cour-
age ebbed away, and he leaned
agains the scenery for support. The
manager. close at hand, alternately
swore and encouraged. The success
o tthe evening was at stake.
The u came, Jimmy, more dead
than alive, stepped out on the stage.
And, behold! With the first word OF
his part, all embarrassment departed
and confidence returned. Only those
who had seen the original actor in
the part would have noticed anything
unusual in the rendering OF It.
The curtain fell on the last act. In
the dressing room the manager
grasped Jimmy's hand. BE in the
office on Monday morning at ten
o'clock, and We'll talk things over.
You're to have the part till Langdon
gets well, and by that time thcre'il
be something else" he said.
Too happy and excited to know he
was tired. Jimmy washed the grease
paint of and put on his own clothes
as in Q dream. AS he passed out the
stage door. the pretty girl who had
SO eagerly watched for some one In
the theater seized his arm. Jimmy,
Jimmy! I was there all the time!
Didn't you remember I was coming?
/ looked for you and looked, and
then when You came on the stage
oh. Jimmy, It was great"
1t was great, although It did not
lead to college. The money earned
that seaso made 1t possible to begin
the kind OF study that would develop
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-Four out OF every ten deaths nom
disease are prerentable.
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
UMMY'S PREPAREDNESS.
~ DI IsL.t.N ULa-l'
tcopyright, 1916. by q, 1::cclur
Newspaper syndicate.D

Newspaper Syndicate.)
Jimmy BENTON vcs ra3eg IN the
Star theater. He had been part
way through college, and had had
70 stop because Of the necessity to
earn more money. The first Job he
took had been that OF elevator boy in
"a summer hotel, but when the sum-
mer came to an end, he found he
must try to get something which
would give him a few hours on each
day for study. A playwright who
had been staying at the hotel and had
become interested In the ambitious
young man had spoken a word for
him In the Star theater, and he had
made good in his position. SO that at
ter two months he had been promot-
ed TO head usher. Thus he could
study q part OF the time, and so has
ten the day for taking up college
work again.
There was more than one reason
for his application to work and his
desire to make something worth
while OF himself. Louise Drake, an
attractive and desirable young girl,
who had been his boyhood love, was
watching his fight, and he looked for.
ward to the day when he might ask
her to marry him.
For a while the work Of usher was
Interesting, and listening to the plays
was good fun. But when a decided
success settled downtfor an indefinite
run, this became msnotonous. Having
an always active brain, Jimmy cast
about for some way,to pass the time.
One day he d~iscotered that he had
heard the stars lines so often that he
could anticipate almost every speech.
This gave him a thought OF something
further to do. He would memorize
the part.
It was not very difficult, and, hay.
ing accomplished it, he turned his at
tention to the part that interested
him most next to that of the star. II
was that OF a young man who figured
rather prominently in the play, and
was more or less Jimmy's ideal of
young manhood. He became so alb
sorbed in 1t that he frequently found
himself standing before his glass,
making the gestures to At the lines
as he had seen the actor do. At the
end Of the third week, It seemed to
him he must know the play by heart,
and he began to wish that a new n
would come along on which he might
exercise his faculties.
One Saturday night, the young &C
tor, q man named Langdon, was TAX.
en- violently Ill an hour before the
performance. His understudy had
been allowed a leave OF absence over
Sunday, and had Just left town. How
could the play go on? The man in
the boxoffice. who knew Jimmy and
had had many a chat with him about
his stunt OF learning the different
parts. laid a seemingly absurd propo-
sidon before the manager and was
criticised for his pains.
Twenty minutes later, however,
the manager. In desperation, recon
sidered and sent for Jimmy. For q
half hour he heard him say the lines,
and then asked him IL he was afraid
his nerve would give out. Jimmy,
tnwardly quak1ng. said no" Then
he was hurried to a dressing room.
The clothes fitted, and some one
eame and made him up"
The audience began to assemble.
Among them was a girl who scanned
the face Of each usher, evidently
looking for some n she knew. Very
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Praying Made Easy.

Mechanical devices for repeating
prayers are familiar in the East. but
they : outdone, In saving Of Labor. By
the prayer flags" OF Thibet. These a.
described by j. @. White, In the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine, are sus-
pended on long lines, sometimes reach
Ing across a river. As long as they
are moving In the breeze they are sup
posed to be recording prayers for The
benefit Of those who put them up.
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PURE WATER

1t was once. believed that running
water purifes itself. PROBABLY DO.
cause a stream tumblins over the
rocks looks bright and Sparkling.
As a matter OF fact, experience has
shown that a rapid river % likely 10
be the most dangerous since n such
q stream pollution will be carried most
quickly from N point to another.
When water is stored for Q long time
in q pond or reservoir the disease
germs die out, but even In lakes sew
age may be carried for long distances
quite rapidly by the action Of wind
and wave.
Filtration through sand, n properly
carried out, will make even polluted
water safe, since the germs stick to
the sand grains and finally die there.
The safest water supply then. Il
one that comes from a good deep well
or one that is filtered by means Of q
modern municipal water filtration
plant.
Four out of every ten deaths from
Itna,-
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A fur set" is a great bother to the
Little Miss who goes to school and
romps and plays a good deal when the
school days is over.
The smell school girl will not wear
furs next winter, SO they told me al
the Chicago Garment Manufacturers
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Here's a little story-also a pic.
ture for the summer girl swinging in
her hammock and p~ondering deeply
on what kind OF furs will I wear this
winter?"
Her answer may be read in this pic.