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The Washington times., 1916-03-09

w THAT is n pure food? One
M guide to the purity OF a food
" - Its time-honored and unit
Yersal use. Such pabulum
under accustomed conditions Is a pure
FOOD. and may be. on the other hand
injurious under other circumstances
Bread. salt and sugar are ordinarily
pure foods" but accidents. adultcra-
lions or excuses may make them dam
gerous to health. To go 30 far. however.
al to say they are not ''pure foods" would
carry as much weight as mistaken zeal
OF many emotional reformers, purists
militant moralists and other Mad Null
labs who try to decrease the habit OF
smoking by pointing to the discovery
that "one drop OF nicotine on the tongue
will kill cat or dog"
While egg5. bread and sugar are ra-
lions handed down with marks OF APP
proval. there are leg.ons OF more mod
ern provender with no such stamp
There prevails at times a commercial
effort to sell new foods under old names.
Some ethical, physiological and legal
authorizations are thus forced upon many
unsophisticated housewives.
Not Always Harmful.
At times these authorizations may do
no great. IL any. structural or func-
tional harm. as ls true when you pur-
chase "oliye OH and receive cottonseed
oil. 1t Is, however. none the less an i'm
posture. though not always an infrac-
ton OF the law.
Nevertheless. when you purchase n
flesh food"-perhaps actually non
existent thing-and you receive only
vaselIne. WHIPPED cream or some fra
grant grease, you obtain Practically
nothing for yohr money. and are robbed
before your very eyes. II you seek n
rice powder and ''poudre du riz," as
the label calls II, and an analysis shows
your face raay be poisoned instead OF
beautiful.
The best California wines have al
times been sent to France. labelled and
returned to this country as expensive
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
Children and the Movies.

The problem OF the child and the
motion picture IL worthy OF the seri-
Gus thought given to 1t. The present
law governing the attendance OF
young people at the film theaters is
not satisfactory by any means. 1t
provides that children unSer a GER
tam age shall not be admitted unless
accompanied by an adult. II II was
rigidly enforced It might be effective,
but 1t Is so generally disregarded
that 1t Is practically nothing more
than a farce,
Acting in cooperation with the As
ISOLATION OF Workers Among Delin-
quent children, the police depart
present law repealed and one that IL
Is believed VIII more nearly meet the
requirements OF the situation substi-
tutd In its place. The plan Is to per-
nit the admission OF children OF
school age unaccompanied to motion
picture theaters during late after
noon hours and to forbid their at
tendance in the evening, whether ac-
companied by an adult or not. A
more rigid censorship OF the pictures
shown during the proposed chlldren's
hours also Is contemplated
The idea 10 a good one, and II It
could be carried out much OF the
present evil will be done away with.
The influence OF the motion picture
on the child either for good or evil
cannot be overestimated, and any
movement looking toward the mimi
cation of the dangers to which the
young are continually exposed Is
worthy of hearty support. In the
meantime we must impress upon par
ents that they cannot Inquire too
carefully into the moving picture
amusements Of their children. Try to
keep the little ones away from the
aters whose managers do not see tho
wisdom OF offering during certain
hours at least films with particular
appeal to children. Also remember
that home, not the theater, Is the
place for the youngsters at night
New YORK Globe and Commercial
Advertiser,
The Washington times., 1916-03-09

en- to have special vegetables. such
as okra, of which the family is fond
and which are difficult to obtain In
local market or are commonly high
priced. The housewife probably viii
want a little bed of parsley, chives,
or other herbs, not because they are
expensive to buy, but because of the
convenience of being able to pick a
sprig just when 1t Is NEEDED.
Having decided what Is to be
planted the indoor gardener draws
lines or symbols on his outlined plan
to indicate the different crops, in
sorting the date when each Is to be
planted.
Where second or third crop is to
follow the same row or occupy the
same ground, this may be written in
red or blue, which indicates that II
is to be planted when an earlier crop
Is over.
Plants which make a high growth
and cause heavy shade naturally
should not be located where they will
interfere with sun-loving small
plants. Perennials, such as rhubarb
and asparagus, which are not cuti-
waited, should not be grown among
plants which call for tilling. The
planning may be extended also TO
the planting OF small fruits, such as
currants, Taspberries and grapes,
ana even to the location OF apple or
other fruit trees.
Where there are very small chill
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
Rules of Vegetable Cookery.

l. Use the freshest vegetables that
can be procured.
2. All fresh green vegetables should
be placed in boiling sailed water.
3. All dried vegetables. such as beans.
haricots. lentils. etc. should be placed
In lukewarm water.
4. The use of plenty of water in the
cooking of all sorts OF cabbage and
sprouts Is not only preservative of color,
II Is also advantageous In reducing the
disagreeabe smell which cabbage water
always has.
3. Never allow vegetables of any kind
TO remain soaking in the water In
which they we're boiled; drain them at
once when they are cooked.
6. 1t is a waste of money to buy old.
dried vegetables. and a waste OF time to
try to cook them.
The Washington times., 1916-03-09

~ TES, but you shouldn't be too
" harsh on the people who 80
to performances just be-
cause 1t Is considered So
cially correct for them to do so.
Why. here in America Mt least, those
very people are the ones who have
kept music going!"
Louis Mann spoke earnestly. smooth
ing the top Of his head with his
hand. and nodding emphatically. He
fell to talking so easily. and with
such evident good humor that 1t
was patent that he was not news
paper shy" either from too much
or too little experience.
He didn't look the least like a Ger
man delicatessen dealer. but he had
not lost his kindly humor. and quaint
mannerisms. Neither was he perturb.
ed, although with two performances
looming ahead of him. sandwiched
with a talk at the Press Club. He
also had scheduled another talk to-
day, one Friday and one Saturday.
He might well have been a little put
out at having to give up still another,
ex tempore, for the press.
But aside from limiting amiably that
he would have to be careful or he
would run out of ammunition, ne
gave no sign OF annoyance.
Being an actor who really comes
alphabetically close to his audi
ences, II was only natural that the
conversation should turn to a con-
sideration of that very topic. But
he would not hear of unjust criti-
cism of the poseurs.
"Of course there are two kinds of
people in audiences. Those who
really go for the love of seeing
or hearing and those who go mere
ly because 1t is socially correct
for them to do SO. They do not
enjoy the performance except as
It proves that they are there
But you must not be thought
less, and forget the great good
that they do. Audiences OF Just
such people have been the means.
terested in music in America.
They have made II possible for
music to be given to the country
as a whole.
Don't see how that Is done7" he
smiled in a way reminiscent of
David Warfield. for he has just such
a strong jaw. and firm white un-
even teeth.
Perhaps you have had a secret
contempt all of your life for the
rich people whom you know to a
certainty do not understand or
grasp that which they pay money
to hear.
Just get ever that contempt quick
ly. The poseurs have saved music In
America. Do you think for mo-
ment that without their support.
in n country where the arts are
not endowed. II could live? 1t
might live in a small way. but its
growth would be so slow. so la.
borious, that 1t would take CEN
turtles to attain any sort of per-
fectlon.
The per cent of music lovers in
any community is small but the
per cent of those who know music
Is even more small. They could
not pay the salaries OF the mu-
sicians whom they would have
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
A Single Application
Banishes Every Hair
(The Modern Beauty

Here is how any woman can easily
and quickly remove Objectionable, hairy
Rrowths without possible injury to tho
skin: Make a paste with some powdered
delatonc and water, apply TO hairy sur
face and after or minutes rub on,
wash the skin and the hairs are gone.
This Is q painless, inexpensive method
and, excepting where the growth is I'M
usually thick, a single application Is
enough. You should. however, be care
full to get genVSS~ 4Sla,one.-Ad Il
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
THE TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE PA
People Who Pose as Music Lovers Are Some
Use After ALL Asserts Louis Mann, Actor

or They Do Nothing Less Than Actually Support Music
in This Country, According to the Star of THE
Bubble" Playing at the Belasco This Week-The
Long Reviled and Secretly Despsed Bored Sixth,
Who Attend Concerts and Symphonies Merely Be-
cause 1t Is Social Rite of Importance and Not for
Love of Music Have at Last Found Champion!
The Washington times., 1916-03-09

Beets and Cabbage.
The beets. later in the season, gave
way to a few late cabbage plants.
An area was devoted to a dozen to-
mato plants trained to a single stem
on stakes about feet high. These
were planted about Is inches apart
In each direction which gave them
ample room for maturity. In tho
least sunny portion of the yard early
and late peas were planted together
with u row Of sweet peas to supply
a few much priced blossoms for the
table.
Before the tomatoes were planted,
onion sets occupied the area, and
were allowed to remain until largo
enough for use or until II was neces-
sary to thin them in certain areas
to mako space for planting the to-
matoes. A few parsley plants were
placed in convenient corner where
they did not receive too much sun
light, but where the environment
was ms cool rs possible and suf-
hciently moist to keep the plants
growing.
In the autumn II was found wise
TO plant spiudch, kalC, and potato
onion sets in order that a supply
of green sucCulents might be had
during the winter and early spring.
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
PERSONAL ADVICE.

Readers desiring advice should
remember:
l. To address inquiries to DR.. L.
n. Hirshberg, care of The
Times.
2. To enclose a stamped and I'D.
dressed envelope il a personal
reply is desired.
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
Do Men You
Know u S e
FdceP o7vder?
The Use of the Fluffy White
Stuff on the Face Is Not
Confined to the Female
Sex Alone-And Some
Men in Their Early Youth
Have Been Known to
Paint-A Few Confess
sions on Male Vanity.
lIV CAUGHT hin, =. - And he
didn't deny It,"

IIT CAUGHT hir, - - And he
didn't deny It,"
i The debutante looked
flushed and excited. and for
got to lisp. or drawl
HE took a chamois skin. out OF
his pocket and rubbed 1t across his
face before he entered the rooT.
You can just take It from me right
now and here. ANY man will paint
or powder or wear a mask II he
wants to get into anything bad
enough.
They arc not one single bit moro
sensible than we are. And people
are always making out that we are
the silliest creatures that ever
lived.
IT don't think II Is silly to be able
to land a man who has money and
can take care of you for the rest Of
your life. Do you? We have a pur-
pose In all of our Stiffness, but a
man who stoops to It!
He Just proves that 1t Is In his
case merely the monkeylike spirit of
IMITATION"
She giggled. and snuggled her
hands In her Insignificant muff.
They are just plain vain. Why
do you know that l caught my six
teen-year-old brother the other
hair ribbons tied over the top.
Yes. And yes. That is what I said.
Tied over the top OF his head. not
the bed. His head. And he had
II soaked in water. His head.
He tried to hide, and then acted
very dignified and said that he always
wanted to try and lift the family
socially and that he was trying to
get his hair to stand pompadour
like other fellows hair. whose
fathers were well off and who had
buffers.
"He said it just like that. All
mixed up. He looked so funny.
And tell me that men are not vain.
Why even that old thing over
dicated a middle aged and respec-
table member OF society. and fear
ing positive scandal, she was
gathered up and bribed off the
scent with chocolate surdae.
Watch now. How many men
powder.
And wear cuffs on their trousers.
And spend hours in front OF the
mirror. And wear nothing on
earth but that shade in which they
THINK they are irresistible!
Next Day.
A series OF unforeseen trials pro-
hibitcd the use OF the composition on
the Nations Capital promised yester-
day 1t will positively appear to-
morrow.
Yes. Pesslmist, this Is a trick to
gain circulation.
They Will Need Him.
News IteTi:
Women who are mannish in dress
have found a warm advocate in tho
Rev. DIR. James Il. Norcross. pastor
of the Shady Avenue Baptist Church
in Pittsburgh.-Alerdnd Gazette.
We Will Grow.
Eager Eddie wants TO know why
our column is SO short.
Patience. .;ddic. It's all We can do
to make them print 4 half a column.
However. as the daily riot makes
us stronger, we will soon be able to
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
What They Say About u
Pertinent Interests of Women AS Viewed
By Editorial Writers of the Newspapers

duty as a modest wife to be com
plete II she covers her face. The
spring styles seem 20 US to be OK
ceedingly comedy. and there II no
reason to fear an outbreak OF i'm
propr!ety except in isolated casos.
Some people would be improper. no
matter what the fashions. = New
: York Globe and Commercial kdver-
tiser.
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
We Will Grow.

Eager Eddie wants to know why
our column is SO short.
Patience. .;ddic. It's all We can do
to make them print 4 half a column.
However. as the daily riot makes
us stronger. we will soon be able to
beat our way into securing "a whole
nice column
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
They Will Need Him.

Ne"S lIs1l'
Women who are mannish in dress
have found a warm advocate in tho
Rev. DR.. James f. Norcross, pastor
OF the Shady Avenue Baptist Church
The Washington times., 1916-03-09

ably for the last five years, and lately
I have noticed that my eyes are going
back on me. When / read there seems
to be a mist before my eyes. Is there
not something you might suggest for
this?
II In expedient that you avoid smok-
ing-give II up entirely. Your health Is
worth more to you than is a five or ten
The Washington times., 1916-03-09
Beets and Cabbage

placed first rows of radishes and
lettuce and later bunch beans.
The Washington times., 1916-03-09

A. P.-What can l do for red, scaly
and dry eczema?
This may be due TO internal as we'll
as local causes. Avoid meats, alcohol,
hot foods, hot drinks. and tobacco. APP
ply 10 the affected parts: OH OF cade,
Il dram; salicyllc acid. 10 grains; phenol,
X ounce lanolin, u ounce; vaseline. u
ounce.
The Washington times., 1916-03-09

A series OF unforeseen trials pro-
hibitcd the use OF the composition on
the Nations Capital promised yester-
day. 1t will positively appear to-
morrow.
Yes. PesS!mist. this is a trick to
gain circulation.
The Washington times., 1916-03-09

EfX /ES, but you shouldn't be too
" harsh on the people who 80
to performances just be-
,ou.o 10 t. ropaIdarad ao-
The Washington times., 1916-03-09

J.. +. R.-will you kindly tell me
what to do for catarrh, OF the head?
Have the adenoids and tonsils re-
moved and the turbinate bones OF the
nose compressed so as to allow more
air space. In the meantime irrlgate the
nose and throat three times day with
alkaline antiseptc fluid diluted three
times in water.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-10
MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 10, 1916.
BRITISH LABoR's~ATTITUDE.

1t is not quite fair to call the typical British work
man unpstrotic because the organized labor of the
kingdom is overwhelmingly against the government
plan of compulsory military service The attitude of
British labor is the natural fruit of the arstocratc
system There is a feeling that the government is
controlled by the upper classes that the workman is
not fairly represented, and that he has always had
to act separate political entity to win whatever
concessions have been made him. He knows that he
has vely little chance of attaining position in out
of the public service, including that of the army, by
personal merit.
Another element in the present situation may
work in the future results not confined to the
United Kingdom. There is general conviction
among working people that the governing class is
sponsbe for war with all its horror and staggering
burden of After this conflict is there may
be general awakening all over Europe to the fact
that the great of the people throughout the ages
have been used to fight battles which they had
voice in bringing ending. This sentiment is
well expressed in old ditty:
. IF kings must show their might
Why let those who make the quarrels be the only
ones to fight
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-10
BOOM TIMES FOR OLD NIPPON.

Accounts from Japan show a degree of prosperity
never equaed in the history of the empire. The ex-
traordinary demands made by Russia upon Japanese
munitions plants have set nearly every man, woman
and child in Nippon to work. The demand for ship
ping has kept every Japanese shpyard going at full
capacity. The nations gold reserve is now estimated
at $35 O. 900 000 and in word, Japan is longer
poor country but wealthy one, taking her place
among the great industrial nations of the earth
Other manufacturing countries, including the United
States, may find after the ends that in the
alignment OF things shall have formidable indus
trial opponents whore they did not exist before and
that Japan will have become strong competitor for
the worlds trade
The boom now being enjoyed by Japan is not due
entirely the 1t is partly the effect of the La
Toilette seamens law. As the Chicago Tribune OBJ
serves British fleet drove every German ship from
Asiac waters and the Congress of the United States
drove American shipping from the Pacific.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-10
China's Busiest Railroad Town

where the Turkish population has
the numerical advantage. 1t has about
$4,000 people, Turks of pure descent
and of the old school; and, before
the war, the advent of the railway
gave signs of restoring the old
prosperity to the people.
THE great Mevlevi Khane. the cen.
trail home of the Dancing Dervishes,
makes I<onia an object for pilgrims
from all parts of the Moslem world
The Mevlevi, =, the poetic, rantheistic
gnide for the devout soul along the
way to final reunion with God, is the
legacy of the order. Its teachings are
said to have been inspired by Per-
sian Sufi, one of a sect in whose re-
ligion is found all the charm OF Per-
sian poetry. The ceremony, whence
the westenerS derive their name for
this Dervish order, the whirling dance
to the thin music of flutes, is said to
symbolic the path OF the souls re-
turn. and the ecstasy induced by this
means Is thought of as closer COM
mutlioh with the Divine. The New
Lewis are characterized by their broad
tolerance toward peoples and re-
ligions. s.2
His enlinence. the head Of the
Meyievi Order, is one of the holiest
persons in the Moslem world; a grand
mystic among mysties. dignitary
commanding respect beyond the num-
bers of his order and of his people,
and. generally, a man of culture and
wide scholarly attainment. He is
known as the Chelebi--word with q
cheauered career. formerly only ap-
piled to Christians and derived from
an Arabic word meaning crucifix-and
his rank is but little below that of
the sultan and -khalif at Constan-
tinople. 1t is his function alone to
grid each sultan of Turkey on his
accession with the historic sword of
'Osman.' an impressive ceremony
analogous with the bestowing of a
crown. The present sultan, Mehmed
Reshad, is first among the Law
brothers of the order, and one Of the
most devout of the Mevleyi Aer-
wishes"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-10
A BORDER NEED OF PREPAREDNESS.

During the recent raids upon the lower Rio Grande
Valley by Mexican bandits there were never more
than hundred of the marauders in any foray,
and yet it required more than five thousand of our
soldiers guard the border. Army strategsts say
that had there been military highway skrting the
river protection of the Texas side would have been
comparatively easy And they bring out the still more
serious point that if the army of hostile country
should use Mexico base for invading the United
States, Texas would become a second Belgium.
When delegates from the lower Rio Grande Valley
and residents of the Texas-Mexca borderland meet
in San Antonio the 26th of this month it is likely
that the Border Highway Association will be revived
with the object of inducing Congress to appropriate
money for military highway to skirt the interna-
tona border from Brownsville to El Paso. 1t looks
like an important detail in the general scheme of ma
tonal preparedness but the cost is estimated at
$25 900 600. the prospect for the scheme does not
appear overnight.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-10

own that which belongs TO his master.
Whether or not the colored citizens
are given their proper chance to take
part in this celebration, it is never
theless their bounden right and privi-
lege and duty to take part. 1t is
their celebration just as much as 1t
is that of any other class OF citizens
in Newark, and no man and no or
gan can place them outside of the
"our."
The next sentence to which take
exception and register my indomit-
able protest is this: with such a
mellifluous lot of musical colored folk
and a carload of watahmilyuns, the
ornament over Newark will be
crowded with angels on the nights
when they vocally jubilate." This
sentence. TO my mind. is an unpar-
donable slur and insult to every
negro in Newark This is actually
heaping insult upon Insult. In mat
ter of cooperative enterprise such as
this celebration, it seems to me that
no citizen should be singled out for
insult or ridicule. This is a trick too
small for large propagandists. There
are already too many white men who
! have the habit of associating the
negro with watermelon and chicken,
and this kind of tactics has ever
'PNph plfbNli5 dtSJlSCu DS tllt
Intelligent and thoughtfu white men,
| must say. never resort to the habit.
The Indifferent and senseless re-
Election in The Newarlier is even a
double-barreled affair. The first bar
rel sends out the nasty insinuation
and the second barrel intensifes it
by miserable spelling of the word.
There are, however, organs in which
the spirit here shown appearing in
them might be overlooked, but when
one considers that this magazine is
one belonging to Newark and read
by thousands of people everywhere,
| it is then too great and too treacher-
Gus an offense to let slip by unchal-
lenged.
The colored people. being a part of
the whole people, certainly should not
be exposed to insult and ridicule in
this affair. aside from that to be
borne by all the people hereabout.
In voicing this protest through your
columns. I am simply transferring
into written words that which thous-
ands of others are thinking.
The wounds inflicted by such an
article are indeed hard to heal and
| cannot believe that the great city
of Newark subscribes to any such
Vaccinations.
WILLIAM II. MAXWELL.
January Q, 1916.