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and sentimental songs seem TO be
most popular for this time beating
purpose, and from the cheerfulness OF
voice with which the dreariest OF sem
timents are expressed I suspect the
subject has less to do with the use Of
a tune than Its rhythmical adaptation
to the deed OF the moment"
Again, take the amount Of origin
ality, Industry and devotion q woman
car put into a dinner party, q house,
wifely dissipation, the sporting In
stinct OF the hostess who brings diff
ferent people together. Nothing is
more game OF chance. We are like
chameleons. with a different set OF
colorings, In the way of enthusiasms
and .pretudices for every one we
meet"
To draw each one out at their best,
to make OF her table and her fireside
pleasant place. is an art that be-
longs to housekeeping. In It's most
complete sense Just as much as order
ing or preparing the dinner. Serv-
ice to those she loves need not be "of
the ofhcious and boresome nature OF
the too sweet mid Victorian heroine
or the obnoxious type whose pleasure
In life seemed to be forever running
to get peoples slippers"
There IL no need for the home wom-
an to pussyfoot through life, as Mrs.
Tryon sees II. than for her most siren
uous professional sister; in fact, the
sooner We get rid OF the idea that a
Loving and intelligent service to
others in housekeeping carries with
II a mental servitude the better!
NANCY WOODS WADBURN.
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diverse. The plea that women were
made for something better than home
life does not hold here since the Up
portunities are greater than any woman
can live up to. for the modern woman
Ia presumably her husbands intelli-
gent friend and her children's playmate
and guide. So her reading ranges
naturally enough from current events
TO nursery rhymes and adolescent psy:
choligy. touching whatever will be OF
service to her own inner life. Happy ID
the modern woman whose study and re-
Election, far from being a mere selfish
indulgence. Is part OF her housewifely
duty
Mrs. Tryon even likes the planning
OF menus; she sees II as an exactins
intellectual task. that OF planning
meals economical, digestible. combining
specific food values. using up certain
sppetites. all within the bounds Of q
certain cost.
Much learning used to impose on the
housewife. Now. having some knowl.
| edge herself. she Views IL no more
worthy Of honor than trait that make,
people more interesting and reliable tc
live with" Indeed. II In because as q
| nation we are prone to overestlmatt
the heart OF literary Cambridge makes
hct plea for the ethical qualities.
Shush! It's Rhythmic.
She even claims that there IL ar
underlying rhythmic quality to house.
work that. however. unconsciously II
is felt IL what often makes II sc
soothing to a woman when fatiguec
from another type OF work. There 1,
rhythm In the repetition OF sound,
with insistent ictus and pause. Thi,
rhythmical quality must be the rea
| son why SO many women hum OF
] whistle about the home. Old hymn,
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make It impossible for them to do any" .
say that I find housekeeping the most
varied of occupations, the most human
Of trades. the most absorbing OF pur-
suits? That does not mean l spring to
the dishpan with the zeal Of an en-
thusiast, nor do ] sing paeans OF Joy
at the prospect OF a mornings baking:
There is drudgery, she confesses, In
every profession. and yet u she must
my own things. for my own family, In
my own way"
Champions Homework.
singularly enough. It is in the elimi-
nation OF drudgery by new household
apparatus rather than in the actual
work that Mrs. Tryon sees the source
OF the average woman's rebellion
against homework. she has deduced
III she can be spared some Of the
actual toll OF housework, she asks
herself. why not all OF it?'" They say
that housekeeping is a stay,at-home
profession. Well, and n II Is, there
home. Instead OF feeling out OF
things" as many women complain
they do at home, Mrs. Tryon thinks
at is pleasant to live In an environ
men of ones own making; 10 "ork
anna quiet suIounes w ,.ha,,
the sights that greet the eye "heh
one stops to look"
II isn't that Mry. Tryon Is In the least
antagonistic, although this may un-
fairly be making her appear so. What
Impelled her to write her little book was
that the domestic woman was entitled
70 have her little say. She sees no
reason why she should be ashamed OF
| "preferring the work that Is direct ana
personal to a bigger work and possibly
a posthumous appreciation.
"Jousework brings to n woman VINO
nra ctices Il versatility OF mind and
body, The housewives lightninS
changes are complete and ever, fresh
and new, 80 abrupt that she does a
- az Constant that her heal seems to
ho,S scrambled brains. Yet they k1eI
the mind alert and the sympath'e'
alive. 4. -. ,..,
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THE business Of domesticity Is
not life itself; at best It is
merely the clumsy external
machinery OF lfe-though
half Of the adult population enlarge its
Importance and with positive gusto per-
NIT It to monopoilze their existence"
Poor old abused homework! Although
thus with lofty scorn Arnold Bennett was
speaking Of the home-loving women OF
the Five Towns 1--WE hope Mrs. Arnold
b. contrived to give him burnt mullins
the day she read IT., still we must con-
fess 1t Is only typical OF what women
themselves are saying.
For with all the interest rampant
nowadays In housework Il cannot be
denied that II Is not so much how best
to DO IL as how best to get out OF doing
II. In fact. the real feminine hero Of
the hour Is not she who most admirably
and efficiently performs II: rather the
woman. professional or otherwise, who
successfully manages to do II by proxy.
who would have us believe that her own
part Is solely matter OF magic weekly
m nutes or seconds! ....
But now here is a woman who comes
out boldly in print to say that she
doesn't regard such woman who
boards herself out to a professional
housekeeper In her own home as really
houSehccpluB at All. Sne TncTely mas an
individual boarding house of her own.
even II she is the star boarder! In fact.
Mrs. Tryon delightfully."- takes up the
cudgels for the home-loving woman
with such originality and charm that
we quote at length from her book, sure
to come as mental salve to poor sisters
who. all because they weakly dare to
prefer housework. are accustomed to
hear themselves yanked and trounced
about by verbal assault in print and
out of II.
Moreover, Mrs. Tryon even claims
that housekeeping Is gainful (oh, no,
not in dollars and cents; the measuring
scales for the nonce are not those OF
the almighty pay envelope. but gainful
Just the same: for the woman who in
dulges herself in II In an enriched life,
ethical qualities and In leisure to get
on speaking terms with her own mind"
Secret of the Book.
wherein may lie the secret OF this
little book. Speaking of Home" II
Mrs. Tryon was out In the world all
day instead OF at home as Mrs Win
, throp Pitt Tryon at 10 Avon place.
Cambridge. she might be saying with
] the rest of us that housekeeping Is only
, to be tolerated when II Is squeezed in
| as n trivial episode OF our day. Still,
We doubt It, There Is too much origi-
nality In her thinking. For the average
woman thinks she Is an independent
thinker when she II only voicing the
mental opinionated fads OF the majority
about herr -.
''As It is now. the only women who
dare TO say aloud that they prefer
housework are those whose professions
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SPEAKING OF HOUSEWORK

"Housework brings to woman who practices It versatility
of mind and body" 81.
The plea that women made for something better than
home life does not hold here since the opportunities
are greater than any live up to, for the
modern woman is presumably her husbands intelligent
friend and her chldren's playmate and guide"
$50 her reading naturally enough from current
events to nursery rhymes and adoescent psychology
touching whatever will be Of service to her inner
life"
Happy is the modern whose study and reflection
far from being selfish indulgence is part of her
housewifely duty"
Mrs. Lillian Tryon in Speaking of HouseWork.
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Tsble in Connecticut avenue tea-room.
Seated facing one another on opposite sides
OF the table are two women. One talks, the
other listens. Talker leans forward eagerly.
watching from time to time to see that in her
eagerness she does not put her arm In her
tea cup. Anon she LOOKS about her, lunches
liehts)
Tsiker--C Referrins to past conversation of
Listener) .
Well. l don't know but what you are
happier as you are. I've been married
ten years now. You think l am per-
I'm not. ! have the strangest wish to
scream in his face sometimes-or Jump
at him and strangle him.
6she looks mildly down at her cup OF tea
and stirs Il yehectiveiy. Listener tries not to
0Ss s9rThsd and ask; SOcshnsly {ust why
ana laughs as she answersD
II does seem silly now. out in broad
daylight. but II is his little annoying
habits. He comes in to breakfast,
neat, spic, and span. opens his paper,
props II UP against the sugar bowl,
and then begins chewing methodically.
fou know he hetcherizes! Yes.
And at about the fourth mouthful
want to scream. He grabs his work
with sort OF overland clutch that I
He never speaks during breakfast, only
short sentences. once In a while.
tine Taiker has almost forgot to watch
hsf sleeve. II hovers over the tea cup, then
10 retrieved in time)
Then there's his conversation. He
shames' me intolerably. All of the other
mon In a room will be getting along
well enough. But IL Is always my hus-
band who has TO start something going
that breaks up the talk He always
talks and talks and talks until nearly
die OF embarrassment.
(The sleeve hovers over the tea cup the
Listener fears to break the spell and watches
II sink contentedly into the tea The Talker
10 now fairly bubbling with excitement and
preeeeds rough shod.)
And then II by chance somebody else
does manage to elbow into the CONVEX
saton he Just sits with his finger raised.
ana his mouth open ready to horn in
whenever the other men stop to puff
their cigars, to take drink of water.
or breathe. hate him.
"a long silence ensues. during which time
the truant sleeve is salvaEed from the tea.
and the heat OF the hammer cools. At last
the Taiker looks up shamefacedly. She
speaks)
He's q good old thing though. That
feeling just vanishes like thin air after
while. The other night when we
started out to the movies after dinner
he looked at me and laughed. and said
'Efow about a hat?' and just went to
him and put my arms around his neck
and my love for him just came over me
sort Of wave-like. and I told him l
wanted a black velvet one.
don't suppose really hate him.
He's q good old thing.
Only ] wish he wouldn't DO so sameS
all the time!
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CURTAIN.
Thoughts On Being
Uplifted BY the Opera,

a
Oh. yes, I'm an uplifted guy
To cultures ways resigned.
! feel that may safely add
I've grown a highbrow mind.
Fur tive whole weeks. for twelve loud
And four long matinees,
i've sat and listened to the things
Those music critics praise.
Now. there was Lohengrin, a knight
Who wore tin pants from preference
And made the others fall down faint
From reverential Difference.
! can't give him much. Elsa tried
To henpeck like a woman may;
Then Lohengrin got peeved and took
His little swan and swan away.
And Rigoletto, with a hump.
He idolized his only daughter.
And Gilda. like little simp.
Forgot the things her pa had taught
her.
They killed her in canvas bag.
Ny! that soprano scrunched up nicely.
I don't see how she did II. still
They sang about 1t, oncely, twtcely.
These girls don't know just what they
Take that Eyetalian Maliella,
Who made her beau still rings and
Then left him for another fella.
And Lucia-I don't get that dame.
First Hopping like a fading flower.
Then perking up and going mad.
And tootling for one good half hour.
must say that one girl had nerve
And Leonora was her name
Her beau was doomed but, like a sport
She went on singing just the same.
But when II comes to having grit,
That little Chink comes first, | swear.
How sweet OF her to leave the kid.
While she passed up with silent
prayer.
Oh. yes, I am uplifted now.
Puccini? Sure. The best that grew.
They sang that Monday No. indeed,
You can't fool me. I'm cultured. too.
PINKIE.
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HoW You Can De0elop
Breathing Properly Into
A Real Fine Art
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.

T HE trunk OF some persons Is ns
rigid as a wine barrel This fix-
edness Ii ininimical to health
and happiness.
Your breast-bone, ribs. spine, collar
bone and shoulder blades are supposed
TO be loose and almost double jointed.
Their hinges are made by means OF
gristle, muscles and l.gaments. Unless
they are relaxed. respiration is as re-
stricted as the foreign commerce of
war-bound nations Yet few persons
appreciate the necessity for the use
that keeps away rust and decay. rhe
majority ignore the requirements OF
else.
When appropriate gymnastics are In
dulged In, the fexiblllty OF the ribs and
other elements OF the torso Ia Increased
The thorax Is made as loose as that OF
a fish or frog. Otherwise these Joints
stiffen and become hard. and the mus
cles lose their limber-like nature and
breathing becomes what Il In in most
persons, lackadaistcal, automatic
hate the lungs to their fullest extent Il
their accompanying anatomy holds tnem
as In wise. The upshot OF a lime-likc
stony chest Ii set OF lungs. whose
outer margins are incapacitated from
lack OF full imitation.
Morning Breathing Exercises.
Three times a day at least--beside JUS,
after rising in the morning and before
going to bed at night-the automa.ie
unconscious and usually lazy art OF
breathing should give place to a deliber.
ate and conscious effort to dilate ever,
closed crevice and locked spot in tn,
lungs.
No corsets. suspenders. belt or other
trappings should be worn to interfere
with these exercises.
At an open window. on a porch or en-.
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II should think that the soldiers would
be rather hot and uncomfortable after
they come back from those long hikes
over the desert" said Tommy one even
Ing.
father. "They are so tanned that they
don't blister any more. but they look
rather worn as they come In all covered
with alkali dust, with the Precipitation
streaming down their faces"
81 should think they would want a
drink" said Tommy.
"They do" said his father, land the
next thing they would like to see would
he "a
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tirely In the open air IN warm weather.
preferably in the sunshine, these rhyth-.
mic, deep respirations should be taksn.
sixteen or 10 to the minute.
sponge bath in the morning IL an excel
lent time for the first set Of exercises.
All OF the sluggish nocturnal miasrnas
are thus driven forth to be replaced
with the nectar OF the morning breeze.
Vigor and new blood are the immediate
rewards.
Moreover. early morning gymnastios
DO more than empty the lungs Of fumes
and vapors left there by the dimlnishedl
deep respirations massage the stomach
and the intestInes, and empty the abdo-
men OF stale blood. In this way habits
OF constipation are often eliminated and
the early morning toilet 10 greatly sd-
vanced.
Bed Time Stunts.
For much the same reason one oct Of
breathing exercises should be taken az
night before retiring. This greatly aids
the shallow breathing OF sleep and
brightens the corners of the iunRs for
their work OF the night.
Each individual differs In the modicum
OF air-called the residual air" or rem-
nant-which Is always left stationary In
the lungs. despite the inflow and out
now OF routine. exchange.
outdoor workers. swimmers, sailors.
and athletes usually have no such REM
nant. Clerks, business men. walters,
actors, salespeople. close students and
other indoor workers have a large and
stale amount OF residual air.
Plainly. those OF the latter group
should devote two or three minutes nj
least three to five times In the twenty
four hours in an earnest attempt to re-
tenant their non-vacated premises with
a complete change Of air !" Vacations,
II they did not do a number Of other
things. would do at least this. Make
your holiday hours pay you the riches
OF Increased lung development.
Copyright. 1915. Newspaper Feature SERVES. !
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A Friend.

"hen l have said my last farewell
And bade my world goodnight.
What will they think OF men ana a.,
Who linger in the light? =
o heart. be faithful; heart be true.
And love be deep and strong!
However time stands still with you,
Your day can not be long. y
l hope that you will smile and ~,
He was SO true a friend
That friend and lovers all the way
Were with him to the end"
hope that they will only tell - y.
This thing. and speak Alright.
When l have said my last farewell
And bade my world goodnight. p.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-10
Do You Hate
The Husband
,Sometinn eS?

One Married Woman
Confessed to the Conduc-
tor of This Column One
Afternoon When Under
The Influence of Three
Cups of Orange Pekoe
Tea, In the Tenth Year of
What Seems Outwardly to
Be a Peaceful Married Life.
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Blueberrry Mullins.

Cream Y cup OF butter with u cup OF
sugar, add one well beaten egg, 1 cup
OF milk and -four to make a rather thin
muffin batter. Mix x cup OF flour with
cup blueberries and add after stirring
In the other flour.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-10
What Women
Are Doing

AAISs JOAN CHALLIs. who is six
NJ feet three inches tall. Is under
stood to be the tallest woman on
the stage.
Miss ]. X. Machean, OF Winnipeg.
Canada, In the first woman admitted
TO the bar In the province OF Manitoba.
II costs Miss Lenore Cawker. Milwau-
KEGS millionaire dog catcher. 5000 a
year to do the work for which she re-
ceives 81. 100.
Frau Anne NJ. Reimer IL the only
woman driving an ARM automobile in
Germany.
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RECIPES
Sardine Canapes.

On pieces OF toasted bread. spread
sardInes with the bone and skin re-
moved, and stirred 10 paste with
Worcestershire sauce. In the center, lay
crisp leaves OF water-cress and around
the edge, place CHOPPED, hard-boiled eggs.
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physical search made to remove ne
cause OF the trouble. =

X. W. S.-what is to be used besides
walnut stain to darken the hair?
Have your druggist make I'D a so-
luton OF sulphate Of iron and nara
phenylene damn. Use this carefully
does not often occur.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-10
THE TINES DAILY MAGAZINE PAGE
Woman Writer Champions Cause of Those
Who Really Love to Do Their Own Work

There Is Drudgery In Every
Profession" Wisely Ad-
mits Mrs. Tryon. But"
She Continues, "Let Me
Drudge With Ny Own
Things, For Ny Own
Family, In Ny Own Way,
AS Long AS | Have to
Drudge AT ALL"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-10
AnS1vers To Health Questions

@. LII have two large spots on my
elbows and one on the back of my
neck which itch terribly. What can
do for this? 2. ! have been tormented
with very bad Indigestion. What do
you advise? 3. What can be done for
excessive kidney fluid?
Both internal as we'll as local
causes act. Meats. seasonings, alco-
hol, beer. hot foods and hot drinks
are not good for you. Apply to the
bothersome parts some OF the follow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-10

Mrs. Lillian Tryon Writes a
Book Extolling Housewife
cry AS a Career, Since the
Variety of Its Demands
Bring a Woman's Best
Powers Into Action. She
Even Thinks That 1t Has
Rhythmic Value.
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a dozen different stomach troubles
may show themselves in symptoms
that look alike to non-medical people.
The overworked and meaningless
word indigestion" is an excuse for
want OF a thorough diagnosis. Have
the real disorder located and cor
rected by a test breakfast and an
analysis of the digestive juices.
Take s drops of tincture of bella
donna or tincture OF hyoscyamus in
water every four hours. Take this
for one week. stop few weeks and
then repeat IL. Meanwhile have a
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THE CONDUCTOR.
The Yale expositor., 1916-03-30

The Expositor prints auction bills
on short notice-right in price, quail
ity and appearance.
II you know OF any news items be
kind enough to let the Expositor
know Of them. We will appreciate
favors OF this kind.
The Yale expositor., 1916-03-30
ChaneeabIe Weather Brings Sickness

The ohangeable weather of March
causes cough, colds, Group and grippe.
There is no such thing as slight
cold"-none that person can safely
neglect. Foley's Honey and Tar is a
stops coughs and eases breathing. III.
Il. Hennessy. adv
The Yale expositor., 1916-03-30
POULTRY WANTED.

l am in the market for poultry OF all
kinds aud will pay the highest market
prices for same. Bring in your poultry
Wednesday of each week. Inquire at
residence, opposite feed barn, Yale.
35- Henry Il. Dinner.
The Yale expositor., 1916-03-30
For sale.

Groom house, 2 lots, barn, shed, hog
pen, hen coop, some berries and fruit
on lots; desirable place located on
Mechanic street, Yale, for sale. For
particulars and terms, call on OF ad
dress DR.. w. g. Wight Yale. 80
The Yale expositor., 1916-03-30

CORRUGATED CULVERTS, all
lengths made to order on short no
tice. Will sell any length culvert al
&c per foot cheaper than any make
shipped in. Chas. Rounds. q
The Yale expositor., 1916-03-30

Regular meetings In Masonic Hal, Wednes-
day evenings during 1916 as follows;-Jan. DC;
Feb. q; Mar. %; April 10; May Ia June 2i;
July 10; August l6; Sept. II; Oct. III NOV. l5i
local columns. Visiting members cordially
invited. Mrs. Eta Clyne, w. NJ.
Alice Mckenzie, Sec. Jos. Yuill, w. p.
Mary Brown, Treasurer
The Yale expositor., 1916-03-30

BARGAINS in building material,
sheathing, joists, timber OF every
description. Apply to Bert Brown,
Yale, or phone l27. 81
The Yale expositor., 1916-03-30

Wen send you sample copy OF
the Expositor II you wish one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

lection? The riddle is not hard to read l.;
for clearly the crisis is due to warfare and
the warrior state, both created by the
male. In female infanticide, wife cap
ture, wife purchase, .concubinage, and
the perpetual legal homage of woman,
the record of militarism is writ large.
Though woman was thus heavily handi-
capped, it was her hand chiefly that
first moved the lever of civilization.
She was the mother of industry and the
social builder. While primitive man was
hunting and fighting and governing.
primitive woman was creating and prac-
Using the arts of peace. The "habit of
labor" is her achievements; and she
nodded the usages and folkways by
which the sex relations were gradually
controlled. disciplined and refined. Most
precious of all were the spiritual qualities
developed through these experiences
maternal love, human sympathy, the pas
sion for the conservation of life.
Now this social division of labor is only
partially conditioned by natures sex di-
vision of function: that is, by motherhood
and fatherhood. In the main, it is man.
made division. Would not the social sys-
tenn have been better had men and women
shared on equal terms in the worlds work?
Might not peace rather than warfare
have become the state ideal? For war,
the capital mistake of man-made world.
is always and everywhere the scourge of
womanhood.
Decidedly the war-struggle theory of
organic and social progress, of Survival
of the fittest." is the most monstrous fall
lacy, the most sinister blunder, that So
called science has ever committed. The
biologist and the soc;oogist have each
been guilty. Appealing to Charles OAR