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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-17

sisters by their own pet names. and
the uncles and aunts, too.
After q while. when she knew
them better. she even made up some
pet names OF her own, For In
NUNS and hailed her staid father
in-iaw sby the undignined name OF
Doodies. And they liked Il. for
she had FIRST won her way to their
hearts by being tactfui
Now IL Bess tries. she may be
able to adopt some Of the tactics OF
brain. BY plying her John WITH,
questions she can know q great deal
about them when she arrives az
their Pennsylvania home. He will
be fiattered to think that she cares
enough about him to want to ma
out about his family.
A whole lot depends upon those IN
LAWS. As a general thing. they are
willing TO be pleasant. to put them
selves to a great deal OF trouble In
welcoming A new daughter. For
that reason, It's well to show that IT
Is appreciated by being just as In.
formal as possible. You do not need
70 fall all over them In your endeavor
totbe nice. A gushy daughter-in-lew
IL worse than a distant one.
II a new daughter In &c visit IN
her husbands home she must make
herself a part OF II as unobtrufNe.
" as possible. She should pot need
waiting on, even though tho new
relatives do make a great fuss over
her comfort. Praise things. but do
not 20 into raptures over them.
They will sound hollow.
There, that's great deal OF a
sermon for you. Bess. The. whole
question Of meeting your in-laws
comes right down 70 one thing. and
n you remember that you can face
the most austere relatives that ever
existed.
Be tnctful. Look out for their
feelings and give them your careful
consideration. Being tactful IL being
thoughtful. and a person who 10
thoughtful of the comfort OF others
never has very much to worry about.
So march right up to Johns folkG
and cali them Mother and Dad u
wish. It will be strange TO all Oh
YOU at first, but they'll love You
for II. And that's lust what Jou
want. isn't It. Bess?
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were fles of cataiogued informa-
ton about them. She went over
the things she knew about them
until she was letter-perfect and
felt she could recognise these rel
atives she had never seen without
an introduction.
Next very slowly. she began on
the aunts and cousins. Soon she
had accumulated so much miscel-
laneous gossip that she began
keeping q real notebook about
them. Each evening she cut down
tho notes she mad acquired that
day and studied them.
So II happened, that when her
proud husband did actually intro.
duce her to his people thew found
that she knew most of their little
whims and fads. They put her
down as a perfect wonder. Father
she would play criobage with him,
though an indifferent player she
was. and mother declared that she
would make a suffragette OF her
II she stayed much longer, She
taught the eisters new ways OF
doing their hair and she helped
with the dishes and the darning
ana managed to make herself gen.
orally useful.
III was nara. Sne tOI0 me tnAt
there were times when she longed
to run to her room and have a
good cry. For instance. there was
that surprised look when she call
ed her new mother "Mumsie" for
the first time. (How was she 70
know that It seemed odd for this
new member OF the famiiy to be
calling the mother by the name
adopted by her owr childrenO
That was one OF the things she
hal thought about a long time
what to call her "in-laws." Her
husband always spoke OF his
mother and father as Mumsie and
Dad. She felt that che would be
thought silly II she called them
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown.
At last she made the plunge-and
after she surprised the queer look
in Mumsie's eyes she asked her II
she minded being called that and
everything came out all right. II
was easier to call the brothers and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-17

Oiled Floor Not
For Kitchen
BY IsoBEL BRANDS.

H\X/tnNssSi. ' house.. '''' %@is.. our a
Wv young housekeeper. land
I've tho most up-to-date
kitchen planned. but I don't know what
Kind OF flooring to have in the kitchen.
I'm almost determined to have q good
oak floor like In the living room. which
can be kept beautifully oiled and shin
ing" 800
Next to a rough. knotty pine floor.
requiring vigorous. back breaking scrub
bling, and leaving its mark on a red
dened, vein-distended hand. the poor
est kind of kitchen floor IL an oiled
floor. Why? Because the kitchen sur
faces-floor. tables. walls-should al
or moisture OF any kind. No matter
how. careful the worker. there Is bound
to be some splitting and spnttering in
the kitchen. II the floor or walls pre-
sent an .absorptive surface the kitchen
unattructive In spite of considerable
scrubbing.
Composition Floor Best.
II the floor Of the kitchen is to be
laid and the house is your own. per-
TO have one Of the new composition
floorings laid. The cost varies accord
ing to the material selected and the size
Of room. and II In a higher cost than
has two distinct advantages. In the
FIRST place. one Of these good compost.
ton floorinCs-made OF cork or cement
and rubber, Or other materials-will last
never wears out. and always looks as
These floors are laid so that the base
board. running about six inches or SO
above the fioor. and the fioor itself Itself are re
crevice between wall and ana floor.
which increases the sanitation. anord-
ing great protection against insect pests
and mice. Also they have an abso-
lutely impervtous surface-never alb.
sorb any OF the greases OF fiuids that
accidentally spill even In the best OF
weil-manased kitchens.
II the kitchen IL not in a house that
you own. or II II is not possible TO &c
the best covering 10 the old standby
good inlaid linoleum. II does not pay
to get the printed kind-better to wait
until one has saved the cost OF good
kind. and have to buy three times over
instead of once. There are several
"parquet" patterns In the "battleshir
linoleum'' which wear splendidiy, anc
don't present the half-worn. shabby ap'
pearance that the cheap oilcloths do.
Don't Attempt Elegance.
But by all means avoid the attempt Al
elegance in the kitchen by preparing
to have an oiled floor. II is amazingl,
difficult 10 keep appearing clean. as the
oiled surface is a perpetual invitation
to dust and dirt to find permanent lodg
ment. II Is not a good surface OF
which to stand and work. II Is no NOR,
hitting in the kitchen than is Turkish
rug or a plano!
The kitchen Is simply a cooking room
that should be kept at the highest pos
sible point of sanitation. whateve
conduces to greater sanitation, easie
methods, better work resuIts-has IT
] place In the kitchen. = Anything tina
| does not make-ror sanitation. for use
| fulness or for comfort does not beionI
| there-not even on the excuse or beauty
Copyright. 1916. Newspaper Feature service)
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Ldziness Really Only
Is Symptom Of Many
Different Diseases
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERc.

voLENEss. laziness. procrastinstion
are often symptoms Of several
rnaladies. II you show me q man
who puts on until tomorrow what
he should do today. will show you a
man who II probably diseased. He may
not know II, he may resent the imputa-
ton. but II IL probably true just the
same.
There II no particular and specific
bacillus. germ or microbe Of laziness.
The hookworm In only one of many
maisdies associated with consummate
torpidity.
When a child In 80 disinciined to move
by habit that he will not crawl after a
colored ball or q like object that gives
him pleasure, Il 10 lazy perhaps from
the gsickness OF luxury and giuttony.
Mayhaps its little muscles are weighed
down by fat. or Il has been spoiled oy
being carried, when 4 should have
tive luilabies Of It's elders may sooth
its muscles into drowsiness. Perchance
nature. In deprived Of its needed sleep:
The child IL kept awake too long and
eternaiiy sapped by the need OF sleep.
In grown-ups as well as youngsters a
definite condition Of inanition and bank
ruptcy OF animation Is present when
there In some disease-such as tupercu-
iosis-of the adrenai glands. Maladies
of these little super-kidney structures
are noteworthy In the symptoms OF ex-
haustion. Disinclination often amount
ing 10 the inability to exert ones self
characterizes Addison's disease. as this
lazy mans aiiment' II called.
Siuggards, dormice, marmots, and
other animals that. 80 TO speak. wait
have very small or absent suprarenal
glands.
The presence OF various animalcules
In the blood and other human fluids IL
ant 10 induce disinclination to work and
duiiness OF thought. Langour. stupor,
iethargy, heavy muscles. noddiness,
and yawning are all stages or the Congo
sleeping sickness and OF true malaria
Both maiadies in the blood when ex.
amined under the microscope exhibit
| visible living animalcules. The biting
| Tsetse ny Introduces these filmentoui
microbes TO the sleeping sickness into
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d Living in the Future
We Should Not Encourage Children to Look Ahead TO
Pleasures, But Teach Them to Make the
Most of the Present.
Most OF the Present.
BY LAURA CLAWSON.

they do not get out Of their present
experiences all that they should.
One impractical family know has
this habit &C fxed that when one sees
any member oft. one is always enter
tanned with the recital of some wonder
full plan. The last time met the
father he had a wonderful scheme Of
going to South America and all the chill
dren who could read were busy at Span
ish, he said.
Happening to meet the English teach
er OF the eldest girl. a child in whom
am much interested. ] asked about this
latest development.
The teacher smiled.
''Oh, yes. / know about II" she said.
I'D Just congratulated myself that
Myra would lead her class In English
when I found that her lessons were
being neglected. and sought for the
reason, I was told that the Spanish les
sons were taking the time which should
have gono to her regular studies. Those
children will never do anything much.
even with the wonderful minds they
have because they are always planning
something for tomorrow instead OF
sticking TO today"
This is very practical instance OF
what I mean by getting all we can for
the children out of today. While not
neglecting to think ahead for them. let
us make them understand that today's
duties and pleasures are not to be slight
ed for anything which the future may
bring to them. life is easier and per-
haps more profitable to them with this
thought In mind.
Copyright. 1916. by Laura ciawson).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-17

Love Is the balancing rod which keeps
us on life's trolley.
In marriage It isn't the early bird that
gets the worm; It's the bird that has
usually has to take him.
To a bachelor, love Is something like
an onion; II would be so much more
tempting II one didn't know It would
last so longl
oh. we'll there are at least two kinds
or perfectly happy marriages: those that
are Just about to come off-and those
No doubt, on Judgment Day, every
married man will be half an hour late
In rising, II his wife doesn't call him;
s sra .sea ana Se s VIII on want her to hang
sew button on the other.
When It comes to praying. swearing.
or making love no man since Solomon
tility OF imagination.
No matter how many women have re-
fused him. SO Ions as man remains a
bachelor he WILL persist In regarding
himself as a universal and eternal
Temptation"
II a married man puts on one glove.
carries a cane. and sticks a carnation In
his buttonhole. he considers himself suf-
fclently dfessy to 60 anywhere on earth
with his wife.
When a widow remarries. It lie simply
because she has come to the age-old con-
clusion that a little unhappiness with a
husband 10 better than a lot OF loneli-
ness without one.
tcopynEht lsiO.
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The CONDUCTOR.
w hat They Say
About Us
That Suffrage Plank.

Practical consideration CT t1e prob
lem ought to convince the lost en-
thusiastic suffragist hat tho Re.
publican platform proposes TIE rght
course. lust now RE South II
solidly against women suffrage ~
cause II threat ms to cca,pI.cate the
negro problem. Without the South
the amendment cannot he sut me-
the Constit Ition. The suff~ag'sts
will do best o treat their movement
as a question for the StItes 70 deal
with. not the nation az a whole.
Some one at Chicago succis at tn
Republicans for leaning upon ~
Democratic doctrine OF State
rights. II Is not 'iosss'ne that
controls the situation. II "a a plain,
everyday fact.-Toledo Blade
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the blood In Africa. ana the vfllainoua
biting Of mosquitoes inject the malaria
animaicule when II bites"
Furthermore. many slowly invading
human distempers. such az sugar dis
ease. kidney maiadies. tuberculosis,
syphilis. thyroid gland disorders. bao-
tcrial infections Of the chronic sort
may NOT boldly assert their disagreeable
prcsenss. sut tnsidously. like a subma-
rine assassYn. creep upon you unawares.
except for q disinciination to work
This your fellowmen usually ascribe
without charity to lazinees. You your
self rarely dissent or seek further.
II may amaze you to learn that beer.
gin, whisky and alcoholic liquors In
general are largely responsible for indo-
lence. obstinacy, and inertness. Alcohol
often exerts its sedative powers beyond
the intended point II shows its pres
ence in q partial paralysis Of flesh and
blood. The steady drinker 10 usually
more satisfied to sit down than TO run.
Finally. laziness may be a sign OF an
approaching physical or mental crisis.
Melancholia, a symptom of the onset OF
typhoid fever. as well as Of its con-
valescence. and various kinds OF in
sanity and occupation palsies from over
use OF the muscles. all establish q prodi-
gal desire Tor ease, which receives no
better name than siothfulness or dawo-
ling the time away.
Copyright 1915. Newspaper Feature ser<ice).
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ITO know how to give snub S
human-to know how TO take
one is superhuman.
..Kepentance"-The interval between
the headache and the next temptation.
Alas how can a woman be happy
IL men stare at her II embarrasses her
and IL they don't II bores her; II they
natter her II makes her suspicious and
~ they don't It makes her indignant; II
they make love to her It hurts her dig
nifty and II they don't 1t wounds her
vanity. All. me!
Matrimony, to a bachelor. Is like a
Christmas cigar-something which he
other people.
A widows main consolation in remar-
rying Is probably that she hnds 1t less
exhausting to sit up ana wait LOT one ne
UP and wait for lot OF them to go
home.
No. dearie, it isn't when your golden
locks have turned gray but when your
golden hopes have turned gray that
you are actually old.
When a bachelor keeps his sentiment
too carefully bottled up, some fiuffy
little thing Is bound TO come along at
the most unexpected moment and
smash the bottle.
Funny, but a reputation for clever
ness always seems to go to a woman 8
head and makes her so dizzy that she
can't see when she Is getting on q
mans nerves or trampling on his
vanity.
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HOW TO TREAT IN-LAWS

Find out all you about them and their hobbies
II necessary make card index Of aunts uncles and cousins
Memorize their pet names and them possible
Remember that there difference between informally and gus
ing.
Do allow thin put themselves trouble your
Be tactful-and being tactfu just being thoughtful.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-17
Women in National Politics.

The chance, or the danger. which,
ever 1t may be regarded. OF any
large number of women voting SOL
idly on sex lines appears to have
passed for the present, Now that
the Republican national conven-
ton. "as a measure OF Justice to
one half the adult people of this
country, favors the extension Of
the suffrage TO women" though
recognizing the right of each
State to settle this question for
itself." the Democrats can hardly
do less.-Chicago Herald.
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BroWn-up peopie Keep taik-
ing about what they are
going to do tomorrow! Why don't they
like today?"
which as you can see. was a very
pertinent question. as so many Of this
small persons are.
/ know all the sayings about the
pleasures of anticipation. and what the
sages say. but don't you think that
sometimes We make a mistake in al
lowing the children to see so plainly
that We are living for the future? After
all. there is lot in getting what pleas
ure there Is out Of today. In teaching
the children to do that also.
Anne and got to talking further
about this.
Aunt Laura" she said. time does
not 20 so fast when one Is growing up.
and today is a very long time. some
time. like to think when ! wake up
In the morning that there Is something
nice going to happen to me before dark.
and II / had to think that II would be
longer than that. I'm sure couldn't
WALTZ"
or what use to talk to such a phil
osopher about, the pleasures OF antici-
patton!
But, seriously. perhaps we do allow
the children to become so interested In
what we are planning for them that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-17
Answers to Health
Questions

A Constant Reader-Kindly tell mo
which Is the more fattening. butter
milk or sweet milk.
Sweet milk contains more fat max
and 10, therefore, more fattening.
J. w. ST. have q cramp In my zoe
next to the little one. What will relieve
this pain?
Be sure to get q proper hitting shoe,
one one tnat VIII give perez. ireedom OF
and massage the toe with olive OIL
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Times Pattern Service
VERY sweet for the party, or

" EN- sweet Tor the party, or
' other cherished delight of
children, is this little dress with a
row of tucks, in each half of the
back and front, running to the
shoulder edge and extending half
way down the waist where they
fall in graceful fullness. Inser-
ton is used to outline the square
or round neck and also bands the
short, puff sleeve at the elbow.
The pattern, 76i, is cut in
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To Be a Success, She Must
Gull a Great Deal of Ad-
vance Information From
the Groom and Study the
Whims of Her In-Laws by
Proxy, So That She May
Know,How to Win Them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-17
Neufchatel Salad.

q rolls Of NeufchateI cheese.
Tablespoons Of finely chopped olives.
Mix the cheese and olives. adding
cream to moisten. Season with salt and
cayenne and form into balls. Add
French dressing. Serve on lettuce and
garnish with pimento.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-17
Potatoes a la Duchesse.

Potatoes a la Duchesse.
quart of mashed potatoes.
well-beaten egg.
n cup of milk.
Butter. the size of an egg
Stir all together and season with salt
and pepper. Form into cakes two inches
square; lay on buttered pan, and
sprinkle with grated cheese. Brown in
quick oven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-17
RECIPES
Cheese Straws.

Cheese Straws.
Y OF a pound of cheese. grated.
Y OF a pound Of butter.
pint of flour.
y teaspoon OF salt.
teaspoon of baking powder.
teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
Mix well: roll and cut with knife into
strips. Bake In n hot oven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-17
Learning Hobbies of In-LaWs
Part of Each Brides Education

The Momentous Question of
Receiving a New Daugh-
ter Into the Family Calls
for Tact on Both Sides.
1t Takes No Small
Amount of Courage to
Face a Horde of New Rel
atives.
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October there IN always mood OF
Just such letters. all querying des-
perately:
How, please. please tell me how
am I to address my new relatives?
/ know I won't be able to tell them
apart for a time-and they will ex-
pect me to know their nrst names
and all their pet hobbies right from
the start"
Now, / once knew a girl who
faced the very situation that Bess
and the rest OF the June brides
are wailing about. And this 10
what she did:
No one credited this girl with
many brains. They thought OF her
as a FLUFFY thing. and wondered
how she managed to keep her po-
sition before she was married. The
girl had, however. under a frivo-
ious exterior, a sound little card
index mind. When she was mar
ried and found that she. too. would
be obliged to meet hordes or new
"in-laws," she put that mind to
work.
of her fiance Though he. poor
soul, never suspected what she
was doing). She inquired about
father-in-iaw pet sports. and
even learned cribbage in his honor.
She reads reams on suffrage. to
supply some new arguments for
mother-in-law. She discovered,
from pictures and careful ques-
tioning, what each brother and
sister looked like. She learned
their pet names.
In that way, she became ac-
auainted with her closest in-laws
before she had ever seen them.
Stored away in her brain-index
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(sIzE MUST BE PUT ON CoUPoN)
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By THE cHApERoN.

To the Chaperon-I am to be
married the latter part Of June.
My husband will take me to his
home in Pennsylvania on our
wedding trip. and / nave the pros
pect OF meeting a whole new
family of in-laws.
Now, Chaperon dear. what shall
I do? Must 20 up to those
strange people and start calling
them by their first names? I
just know all those uncles and
aunts and brothers and sisters
he has told me about will Just fall
on me and pick me to pieces. or
course, I wouldn't let John know
for a moment that I dread meet
ing his people-but oh. I do.
You see. ! haven't many relatives
and I've somehow gotten out OF
the habit OF meeting strangers.
Please advise me as to what to
do, for I'm just about as scared
as ever was IN my whole life.
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UNIT LAURA" remarked the
observing Anne. so many
grown-up people keep talk
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Turnbull got inspired by the parade,
too, we see.
Here is what he calls
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-17
Reflectionsof Bachelor Girl
BY HELEN ROWLAND.

ITO know how to give snub N
human-to know how to take
one Is superhuman.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-16
BEAR RAIDS
WEAKEN WHEAT
Corn Continues Easy; Oats De-
cline, Following General
Tendency

CHICAGO. Sept l6--Lack OF sup
port and bear raids on the reports
of tremendous victory on all fronts
by the entente Allies developed a
weak undertone in wheat today.
There was sharp decline at the
opening September closed down
one cent below low opening of
sl47 - December down 7Sc
at $li7 3-s, and May down ! 3.Sc
at s1.4S Is g.
Corn continued easy on the weak
ness in wheat September was un-
changed AT So l2c. December down
l-Sc at 72c, and May 3-Sc at Is l-2c.
Oats were lower on the weakness
in the other grains September un.
changed at 4l l.2c; December down
3-sc at 81 3.sc, and May down lac
al 80 Csc.
Provisions were lower on a weak
hog market.