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of the pictures in the Dresden art gal
lery and began to turn the pages
waited, but l waited in vain for the
mother to tell the child to put the book
by. Instead, l heard the quiet ques-
ton:
Are you quite sure your hands are
clean, Clara? Mother would not like to
see her book finger marked. you know.
Yes. mamma" the little girl replied,
holding up her hands for inspection. Il
went and washed them so as to look at
the book"
That was all. We went on with our
talk while the child looked at a few OF
the pictures. and then, satisfied, she ran
happily away TO her play. After she had
gone asked, Does 1t not annoy you to
nave Clara finger everything as children
will do?"
NO., my neighbor replied. 1T does
not annoy me, because I have trained her
10 be careful not to soil the things she
touches. You heard her tell me that she
had washed her hands purposely to come
IN to look at the book which she has
NOT seen before? received 1t only this
afternoon"
Then she went on TO stay that she had
discovered when Clara was quite small
that she had a very delicate sense of
touch and she decided, since she seemed
to learn so readily by that method, to
educate her in that way. She had her
study the size and shape and texture OF
all kinds of objects and materials by
tracing their outlines with her fingers
and quality by smoothing the surfaces or
feeling them between thumb and fore
nnger. The little girl soon became so
deft in handling things that she could
De trusted to pick up the most breakable
dishes and glassware. She always wiped
and put away her choice cut glass bowls
and dishes when they had been in use.
her mother said though she was then
but eight years old
AS that mother told me of the wonder
ful cultivation she was giving the touch
sense OF her child. I suddenly realized
how much our race loses because that
sense is allowed to become atrophied in
the average individual. In fact. 1t is as
rule only the blind who make use of
1t to inform themselves about the outer
world from which they would be cut off
by their inability to see did not the sense
or touch atone in a measure for their
deprivation. How keen the sense may
be we may learn from the fact that it II
claimed that Helen Eelar can even dis
tinguished Colors by her exquis!teIy deli
cate sense OF touch,
We can study the Montessori teachings
and learn to do much for our children in
this way. too. We not only would add
greatly to the enjoyment of the world
and Its contents that our little ones have
but We should be making them more ef-
hcient citizens and therefore more valu-
able to that world II we gave them the
use of a sense most people have only su-
pertiCially developed 1t seems 10 me that
Is another responsibility of our mother
hood, dear members of the Mothers Club
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HOROSCOPE.
THE stars incline but DO not compel
Monday, February IA, 1915.


According 10 sstrology this is not
an auspicious day. Jupiter, Venus,
Uranus and Mars are all adverse while
Nepture is family helpful.
Although il is Saint Valentines day
romance is not we'll governed and
lovers may be easily disappointed in
each other while this confguratiou
prevails.
Women are subject to the evil sway
Of Uranus. the planet which creates
illusions and then dispels them.
Persons OF all ages are said to be
extraordinarily susceptible to romance
and hasty marriages probably will be
common among the middlesGed as
well as the young.
Divorces will continue to be numer-
Gus this year. il is foretoId, sensational
suits multiplying.
This is a sinister rule for judges and
diplomats. Some international com
pl.cstions OF peculiar sorts are prOph-
eSied.
This is not an auspicious time for
soldiers. EUaTdSmeu and public officials.
An accident or calamity Is predicted.
Canada has the prophecy that a hero
will arise to great prominence and
power.
British Columbia is subject TO physi-
cal conditions that are most promtsing
for prosperity.
II Is fOTetOld that a young girl OF
New England psrentaEe will gain wide
fame, owing to a deed OF herOlsm.
Theaters come under a planetary
government that is threatening, but in
large cities profits will be made. The
younger producers are forewsrned TO
be conservative in their business meth
DDS as heavy losses are indicated.
From this date g tendency toward
personal gossip may dominate in pO-
litical campaigns. Warning Is given
that scandals are indicated by the
stars.
Success for an American author is
prognosticated- This will be gained,
the seers declare. by a link in poetic
form.
A long drawn out term OF Congress
is presaged by the planetary govern
ment
Persons whose birthdate IL is may
have a year Of anxiety and trouble.
They should be exceedingly careful
Of their conduct as they have rather
a sinister leading.
Children born on this day may be
too much inclined TO compsnionShip
and social pleasures. They are likely
to be eXtravaE CANT
Copyright. Islsl
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Aunt Chatty's Mothers Club
Conducted by Mrs. Charity Brush
THE SENSE OF TOUCH.

HIS real Mothers Club for The benefit of mothers everywhere
who struggling with questions Of discipline training, educa
ton. clothing for the children. Write Aunt Chaty problems
which and she will advise and help solution
them Write to her. too of discoveries Of methods have
childish feet that through the Mothers Club experience may be of
benefit other mothers who still tangled the web of ppxy
have so happily unaveed
Cooperation the any why
the business of motherhood that highest and hoet calling which always
has been and always will be of vhai
other of usefulness be opened 3 Address Mrs. Charity
Brush of this
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NBw-oRK.DN1-R-QN1.
O.O,heNTYRE.

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York, Feb. IA man who
identified himself as Thomas II. Johns.
robbed by convlvial companions while
speeding in a taxicab up Seventh avenue
at daylight the other morning.
The companions were conviyial indeeo
taking Webster's definition of conviviai
as meaning jolly. good natured and com
panionable They proved their jOllity by
tickling him in the ribs while they
picked his pockets OF a diamond ring
woCth 500 and wallet containing 500
They showed they were good natured
by robbng their merry little playmsro &c
Of his eye teeth, as the saying Is. They
took from his mouth an upper set Of
false teeth with four gold crowns
As proof that they were compaiUnable.
his friends threw him out OF the racing
taxi at Thirty-seventh. striking his heaa
against the curbing. Like the Englts.
humorist they never dare he so funny
as they could lest people actually die.
That is how they are ConviVial in little
old New York.
Braddock gave his occupation as Il
clerk and said he was ready to go back
to clerking and leave this Arabian nights
stun TO the Arabs.
Beau Broadway. the sippy paragraphist
of the Morning Telegraph. is certain thar
Cyclone" Davis mixes his metaphor
slightly when he says he is going to
send out enough speeches through the
malls to float a battleship." What he
means is enough speeches to raise an
airship.
George c. Brown, the director OF the
Martha Washington, New Yorks hotter
for women. was visiting this summer
down in Mississippi. At one Of the
smaller towns he was obliged to cross
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the river. and, there being no ferry. he
said to a negro on the levee:
Sam. can you row.
NO. sab, Boss, No, sah:'
What You can't row at all"
NO, sab, not a smidgin."
well, that is strange. You living here
on the river and can't row"
''Yessir. Is lived on the river all my
life. but I can't do it,
We'll" said Mr.. Brown. I'm very
sorry. I would give a dollar to cross the
river
'Oh, you mean row a boat Surely.
can row. I thought you meant roah-
roah like a lion"
Do you remember how Mike. in the
Weber and Fields skit, draws the fiddle
bow across Meyers nose? Well. in
downtown theater the other night some
body put limburger cheese on the bow.
Valeska Suratt the actress. was mighty
proud just before she sailed for Europe
10 remain a year.
What do you think" she connded to
friend. I cooked my own breakfast
this morning"
And what did you eat?"
Il had an orange. some cold rice and
cream and a glass of milk" she replied.
Society. it is said. will be present at
the Moran-Willard fight in Madison
Square Garden. II promises TO offer a
relief from skating. dancing and bridge.
Men and women dressed as for the opera
will gather at the ringside to see the
sledgehammer blows exchanged
1t is predicted that spectators will get
most OF the tickets. as they have at al
most every other event OF Importance in
New York, but the managers have given
their word that nothing like this shall
happen.
The scale Of prices has been arranged
from g to $50.
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read:
Dear Friend Nary-I know you
very well as l seen you many times
on the screen. am writing to ask
you if moving picture actresses cat
the same kind OF food as other people
eat. Sometimes you look as if you
ct too much, you look so fat, and
other times YOU look so skinny you
look as if you hadn't ct enough. l
read in a story once where actresses
had 5hampaues with there meals. l
never tasted emmy but I guess l will
soon, as I'm going to be an actress
myself and NAV said | could"
Oh, that our delusions of tomorrow
should be our illusions Of today! 1t
is just as WELL however. that we arc
always searching for rainbows in a
storm-bIown sky.
Hundreds of ambitious young girls
write to me OF their dreams to dawn
when they, too, will be heralded as
actresses either of the stage or the
screen or perhaps OF both.
My ambition is to become an ac-
tress," another girl writes, so | can
live in a BEAUTIFUL apartment with
gold colored wall paper and iced upon
hothousc dainties served on mono
grammcd china"
l wor dcrcd to myself if this young
girl thought of the hothOusc daintics
Because She he'd lived all her life on
a farm and had grown to hate the
healthy, crude products Of the soil.
We moving picture actresses who day
after day arc whiskcd from one loca-
ton to another would almost be will
ing to give hall our salaries for a
month OF those very meals at the farm
of which she writes. How many times
have ! sat in the automobile, hungry
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Then well stay right here"
1t never occurred to either Of them
that ii was already St Valentines day
until while pacing back and forth
through the almost deserted terminal
they came face to face with a large
display of valentines. This was after
he had led the way downstairs to the
palm restaurant and they had eaten
a late supper. The quiet little Trav-
eler's Aid Woman glanced at them sew
eral times. but Jack said he was GER
tain she detected their cousinship. and
let them alone. Ted wanted TO select
valeQtines for her little Boston cous-
ins. 1t seemed years since Jack hsa
ever even remembered St. Valentines
day. Somehow. now he found himself
telling her OF his rather lonely child
hood, brought up in boys military
school. sent later on to a technical
preparatory school and finally to col
lege.
Then what happened" she asked
eagerly.
Nothing except that I came in for
too much money and failed to follow
my good star" She caught at the un-
dercurrent of bitterness in his words.
But you're not old"
''Thirty-four."
Suppose you live TO be eighty-four,
and find out you've wasted ffty-four
years just looking down your nose
and wishing something had happened
that's different" She leaned back her
head and laughed at him. oh, you
haven't enough sun down here in New
York. I'm sure, or you'd never feel like
dropping out just because you've got
money. You don't know how much fun
you're losing. too. You said you had
lots of cousins, too, boy and girls.
aren't they? II l were you. I'd send
them valentines tonight. checks. you
know. call them hearts desire val
entines'"
will you direct the envelopes -
asked Jack. Til write the checks IL
you Will"
Surely it was the oldest kind Of a
Valentine celebration. Ted wrote the
addresses at his dictation. with a foun-
tain pen. They bought the envelopes at
the periodical stand. And she watched
him with happy eyes while he wrote
the checks. twelve of them for fifty
each. five for a. hundred each.
Those are precious old aunts," Jack
explained, a bit sheepishly. It's all
kinds of fun, isn't It? Will they under
stand?"
GO pick out Valentine postcards to
go inside" Ted told him. writing
busily. It's after four already.
Doesn't the time just fy?"
Jack went after the postcards. If
any one had told him he would spend
the night at the Grand Central Ter
minal in company with Ted of Santa
Barbara, diligently sending Valentine
checks to all neglected relatives. he
would have called IL fantasy. Yet
here II was-a lark, but surely the
happiest he had known in years.
BY Jove. begin TO feel bewitched."
he told her. Can / send you a val
entine. proxy cousin? Let me send
you one to your Boston address. can't
II"
Not the same kind. I don't need
any. kind sir" Ted tessed. You may
send me a proper sentiment though"
I'll find one after you've gone" he
told her, with an underlying sugges-
tion of earnestness that sent the color
into her checks And I'd better wire
your father you passed through safe
ly"
The Boston train pulled out at $50.
They had breakfasted leisurely down
stairs. and he saw her safely into the
parlor car. After the express pulled
out, he started up Forty-second street
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LUNCHEON OR SUPPER.

Baked oranges-Bake unpeeled oranges
in moderate oven for half an hour. Opeh
and remove pulp and juice and sweeten
to taste. Put the pulp into dessert
glasses or custard cups These are ex-
cellent for colds as well as delicious.
Corn oysters-Mix a teaspoonful of
sugar. little salt. and a shake OF white
pepper with the yolks of two eggs and
two curfuls of corn. Whip the whites Of
two eggs until stiff and add to the mix
ture. Drop in spoonfuls into hot fat.
Boiled rice, southern method-Take a
cupful of well washed rice and mix 1t
with double the quantity OF cold water
add salt to taste and let the rice boil
fast fol twenty minutes, when the liquid
will have disappeared. Then set the ves-
sci, tightly covered. on the back of the
stove for the rice to soak or finish the
cooking with the steam. Care must be
tsken t. protect the pot from too much
heat, as rice cooked in this dry manner
will soon burn. Together with the first
boiling. 1t takes about fifty minutes, or
an hour, to cook rice in this way. 1t
must never be stirred. as this makes u
sogSy mess
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Answers to CORRESPONDENTS.

Mrs. Solomon L. asks: DO you think
little girl OF six should still wear
rompers? 1t seems to me II would be
more appropriate for her to dress like a
lady, in sweet little white dresses"
Let your child be a healthy uncon-
scious, natural child. free to run and
play with all the ease that well-cut
rompers can give her. Don't put notions
of being a lady into her young head
All that nonsense went out of fashion
twenty years ago.
Mrs. ]. r. F. writes: my daughter is
to be married soon and is to have a sim
pie home wedding. What kind OF a we'd
ding dress should she get?"
The brides choice of dress may be
anything she likes from her going-away
gown to a white satin robe and tuHe
veil. She should be guided by the cir
cumstances of the new life into which
she is going and get something she can
wear again. I like to see a young bride
in white myself, and II, as you say in
your letter, she will not be rich, l should
advise a dainty white dress of some
soft crepe or silk that can do duty as
dinner gown and evening dress after
ward
Copyright, 1861
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Why how DIDO, Mrs Mggs? Come right
on in. Mas jist run over t. Smiths minute
a couple uh aigs. Aw! yes. come on - she'll be
right back. Let's see: spose we set on tn
sofa and I'll show yuh tn album, SOS yuhn
kinda begin t. know some of our folks We
like t. be real neighborly and make new folks
feel t. home. There! now we're fixed
This here first ones ma when she was little
Amt she cute? Her Uncle Seth KEEP store up
t. Davenport and he give her them furs. Real
mink, think it was. . w..
" Furn over'
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York County Farmer (bursting into
the village inn)-What dye think.
Silas? The bones of a prehistoric
man have been found on Jim Whites
farm!
Innkeeper-Great Gosh! 1 hope
poor Jimll be able to clear hisself at
the coroners inquest.-Penn State
Eroth-
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her nose, and afterward
Il spread all over her
nose and mouth and
formed a black scale.
Every time she would
cry 1t would burst open
and bleed. 1t itched
and burned causing her
to scratch and irritate
her face. The trouble
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A new fast passenger and freight steam
shin line may be established between
New York and Nigo. Spain. according 10
report from Madrid. II will be under
American management, it Is said.
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TOMORROW'S MENU.
BREAKFAST.

'WoId ye have fresh cheese and
cream?"-Herrick.
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INFLAMED ECZEMA
ON CHILD'S FACE
Spread All Over Nose and Mouth.
ltched and Burned. Child Very
FretfuI, Badly DisRgured.
HEALED BY CUTlCURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

My little girl had eczema on her face.
The trouble first started on her upper lip
by a small pimple breaking out Just under
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BREAKFAST.
Baked Oranges in Cups
Cereal and Cream.
Minced Beef on Toast.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON OR SUPPER.
Cold Ham
Corn Oysters.
Baking Powder Biscuits.
Sliced Bananas
DINNER.
Potato Soup.
Fricassee Chicken
Rolled Rice. Peas.
CIeam Cheese Salad.
Apple Betty.
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Sample Each Free by Mail

With 32-p. sidn Book on request. Ad-
dress postcard "Cuticura, Dept. II, Bos.
~---o Sold shroaIsfnut tha world
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TODAY I opened a letter from a
little girl OF thirteen, which
read:
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caused the child to be very fretful and rest
less at night, and she was badly disfgured
Then we used CutlcrIra Soap and Oint-
ment. and after using them for one month,
the eruption all disappeared (signed)
J. @. Houston, Eyarts, KY, July IA, 1915.
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Answers to Correspondents.

Ambitious, NJ. E W., and J. w. P.
The motion picture company ad-
dresses are as follows: Famous Play
ers Company, I2S West 56th St, New
York; Pathe, 25 West 45th ST., New
York; Biograph, 8o7 West I75th ST.,
New York; Essanay, 43 West 3oth
ST., New York; Mutual, I26 West
46th ST., New York; Kalem, 235 West
23rd ST., New York; Vitagraph, Selig,
and Lubin, 1900 Broadway, New
York.
NJ. L. G.-I think if you would eat
good nourishing food and not too
many sweets the hollows in your face
would fill out. Cold cream cleanses
the skin thoroughly.
Evening journal., 1916-06-05
new Castle ROADS
BEST IN THE State
This is the Opinion of Of
ficialS Who Made Boule-
ward Trip
PRAISE SUSSEX FOR
ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

A few days before the party of New
Castle county officials went to Sussex
on the dupont Boulevard inspection
trip. William Tinsman and a number
of the police officers spent a day fish
ing near Middletown. Mr.. Tinsman ne
elected to take the lines and hooks
from his forty-five-miles-an hour tin
Lizzie One Of the road-viewine party
said today that il was fortunate that
the fishing outfit remained i'm the car.
He added that when "tin-Lizzie" sank
in a hole in one of the pine forest
roads. the members OF the party Sc
cured the fishing hooks and lines and
pulled the tin-Lizzie from her danger
oust position
Everett B. Hollingsworth. president
Of the Levy Court in discussing the
trip, said II was an instructive one. II
gave to him and other members of tie
party both information and pleasure.
They we're pleased to find that New
Castle county roads are far ahead Of
anything they saw, except the boule-
ward. There is no comparison be-
tween the roads of the two lower
counties. 1t would pay our critics to
see such roads The pine woods roads
are a revelation"
"How about the traffic and haul
ing?' asked one EVENING JOURNAL
reporter.
There is no such travel as we
have, and they could not have it over
such roads. The big trucks. with their
heavy loads we have up here would
never get over the roads of Sussex.
They would become mirod and never
get out have seen four-horse
teams down there hauling loads which
I usually haul with one. We have not
only our stone roads. but our splendid
clay roads. and our people ought to
be pleased to know the present sys-
TEN has improved the roads until they
are in such condition that we can haul
heavy loads over them without
trouble"
Martin e. Smith said the roads in
Sussex are horrid Not only is this
condition prevailing between small
towns. but between the big towns as
we'll he said.
The system is very bad. The di
vision Of the road taxes and the issu-
ance of county orders is a system that
has the drawbacks Mr. Smith said
1--WE who spend the peoples none!
cannot do as is being done on tn,
dupont Boulevard. A private fad an,
private purse differ from public
funds The trip was a beneficial on
in many ways" .
c. Candy Hopkins, Clerk of the
| Levy Court, said that while Sussex /
behind in road building. it is ia
ahead with its assessment system
Evening journal., 1916-06-05
COLLEGE Class TO
PRESENT DANDY DICK

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Del, June Elaborate
preparations are being made for the
presentation on Monday evening Of
Delaware College commencement
week in the Opera House, by the
agricultural club OF the play Dandy
Dick" by A. w. Pinero. The caste
will he as follows: The Very Rev.
Augustin Jodd, dean of ST. Marvells.
II. W. Savin; Sir Tristram Mardon, #.
Tracey Campbell; Major Taryes. Of
the Hussars. +. G.. Pennel: MIR. Darby.
Of the Hussars. S. r. NJ. Thompson. /.
Blore, butler at the Dcanery. T.. B.
Martenis; Noah Topping. constable.
W. b Craig; Hatcham, Sir Tristram's
groom, H. W. Marston: Georgravia
Tidham. a widow. the deans sister.
Mrs. Thomas f. Manns. Salome and
Sheba, the deans daughters. Miss
Evening journal., 1916-06-05
CITY WINDOW DISPLAY
BEGINS TOMORROW NIGHT

Wilmington's window dressing con-
test which opens tomorrow evening. Is
creating considerable speculation among
local merchants. About fifty have am
nounced their intentions OF getting in
the contest Today is the last day for
entries and .ailcwishiug TO Join the COP
test should notify Clarence Killen. Sec
retary of the Chamber OF Commerce,
under whose auspices the contest is
being run.
George Frank Lord, Ernest S. Taite
and Mrs. Eleanor McLane have oeen
announced as judges.
the windows of the firms which enter
the contest tomorrow night must be
kept open until the end of the week,
when the names of winners will be an
nounced.
Evening journal., 1916-06-05
RUN D0wN ny TROLLEY.

Moses Bush, colorod, was struck by
trolley car ON Saturday night at
Front and Washington streets. He
was only slightly injured and walked
to his homo at No. il4 West Front
street.
Evening journal., 1916-06-05
MR.. DUPONT IS NAMED
School Commissioner

William DUPONT on Saturday wai
elected a member Of the school com
mission for the Mt. Pleasant district
Brandywine hundred. Eugene Mowlda
was chosen clerk Of commission. sue
ceeding Harry W. Mousley who de.
clined to continue in the position II
was voted 10 raise $4,000 for the COM
ing year This is the graded school
which grew out OF the agitation fol
better schools for Delaware. The old
crowded and dilapidated building has
been replaced by a modern building
and four teachers are employed.
Evening journal., 1916-06-05

Mine was a case that was pro-
nounced nervous indigestion and that
surely means misery to anyone affict-
ed with IT, On the least excitement
or furry my digestion would stop and
then trouble would begin. / would
suffer with sourness and acidty,
bloat. gas and extreme nervous spells;
would be hot, then cold and weak. My
back would ache and ! would feel
tired out and draggy. l tried Herbal
LaX-a-TOne and the results have been
wonderful. / am today well woman
and if women who suffer in
silence that need tonic that
will build them up and bring the
glow Of health to their checks, will
only take my advice and try LaX-a-
Tone they will never regret it,
LaX-a-Tone is for sale at Miller
Drug Store, 4O4-406 Market street.