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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1916-08-30

When you vote for a clean-tongued
man for public office you are very
likely to vote for a good man.
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their own personality or even perhaps
through The Importance of the stdtiou
in life which they exchanged for the
sCruhwumcn's lot. Visits are fire.
quently made between the various
homes IN the Blrccker street quartz,
when /; is the invariab!e custom to
serve tea.
Many Of the women have n very
wide acquaintance within their profess
sion, "A fact watch may at first Thought
seem surprising bat which j. not to N"
wondr'cd AT when it is remembered
thai many OF the nm have been
%Scruhblng for from twenty to thirty
years,
The scruhwomcn who work in hotels
are OF a somewhat different order from
those WHO work in office and loft hu,ii-
inGs, They are generally younger he
cause of a dislike among hotel man
ayers to employing old wompn and are
rarely tn he found living IN a COOpcri-
tive home supported after the fashion
of Mrs, Mi,liSan's. Instead they sleep
IN quarters provided 10y the hotel for
which they work and these quarters
are usually n large open loft well filied
with cot beds In a nearby building.
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In the case Of the l,lrcck"r street
home Mrs, M.iiI2an as "a natural leader
had been designated the house mana
ser. She purchased the supplies -
very meagro supplies 10 be sure saw
To tn" preparation Of meals, paid tn"
rent and accomplished the various
other th!ngs essential even to such "A
modest scale of living, receiving IN re-
turn her board and lodging.
There WAS no false modrsty about
the hale and hearty sCrulWumrU who
sat down tu tea UCa moaning sup.
PERI IN the scruhWOmCr's home that
evening, They talked with a Glib
ness that was pleasant TO h"ar-c s-
peCially pleasant because 1t meant that
there was n fair amOun of happiness
among them, Al of them displayed a
certain Irish W., ana all of them had
n way Of making fun of their troubles,
their aches ard pains. Of which they
appartn tlv had many, and OF accept
ing their lot in life with n very Guod
grace.
Thc Kitchen was lm~maCulatcly clean.
but decidedly lacking in comforts. he
SIDES being the Kitchen, II was the din
ing room and the sitting room. There
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was no carpet on til" floor, ana Of fur
n.tur" roth ng hut the table and
straight back chairs. The walls We're
~unadorncd except for "A gilt lct,ered
motto; God Bless our Home"
The four or five other rooms on the
floor we're filled with beds, somewhat
dcCrcpit, These were the sleeping
quarters and were usually occupied by
day, most of the srruhwOmcn's work
being dom" by nigAt, The entire floor
WAS u so't of spOtlcSs town, so free
WAS Il from dust or dirt of any
Kind
Most Of the ~scruhwum"n in New
York live in that general locality. AL
most without exception they are Wild
nws, Mrs, Milligan explained that
som" Of them were comparatively
young ana had small children. There
did not happen Ia ho amy children in
Mrs. M~!lligan's place, hut she had a,
other times had some N her charge.
There Is n certain mount of caste
among the SCruhwomcn Of New York.
They @aln social prominence through
the character Of the building they
work in or through the rcnown of their
home or through the winning ways Of
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open with great violence and another
white haired m of dehatable age
strobe In, limping p~erceptibly.
saints above and vakyum clean
ers." exploded Mrs. Connolly, throwing
herself into a rickety chair at the
table. Mrs. Milllgan, give me a cup
of tea il We vally my life at all. The
winds came through my building to
sech an extent last night that the
water was fair to freeze upon the floor.
And me with my rheumatis' and my
knees in it,"
Mrs. Connolly bestowed an indiffer-
ent glance upon the reporter and be-
gan TO drink her tea neat. Mrs, Mill
gan brought IA Il loaf of bread and
cut a number Of huge slabs from It.
Two other women. also with white hair
and Of debatable e shufi!ed in and
sat down.
There's 10000 OF us II there's n
young man. We are the finest spcci-
! mems Of Drawn and sincw in all the
city. W. are hard working. honest
women who get next to nothin' for oui
perseverance"
! In these very brief and direct words
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Mrs. Miiligan described a state OF af-
fairs existing right here In Manhattan
that few people have vcr stopped to
realize. 1t is more likely. however.
that there are $4,000 scrlhwomen in
New York, who, most of them, come
out Of their humble quarters by
night and scatter into the hundreds Of
loft and office buildings to spend the
dark hours cleaning and %scrubhinG I'M
I'll dawn breaks.
The particular sCruhwomcn's homo
where the tea party was discovered
happened to be in Blocker street near
the Bowcry. II was IN the top floor
OF an old, old residence, for many years
the scene of "A lively fur trade and the
home of II rag picker. There are many
such homes in that quarter of town, al
of them very much like Mrs. MiIlisan's
and all of them operated on much the
same cooperative basis.
\ scrubwoman's system Of life Is
necessarily simple, 1t is made simpl,
because of the $3.50 or 80 a week
which must support II. Long expert
cncc has taught them THAT better re-
suits can he obtained by pooling their
| earnings, And that is what they do.
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VERIFYING seemed to be going
~ nicely in the scrubwomen's
home when a reporter for THE
Sun called the other day. A
kettle of boiling water was singing
melodiously on the coal range: a red
cloth of grandmother design was
spread neatly upon the table: half a
dozen cups and saucers were to he
seer-in short, it was quite apparent
mt half a glance that some OF the
sCrubwomen were going To have tea,
"My goodness, young "A it's well
come, ye are. but a vurry strange
thing it is to have a REPORTER mar
call upon the likes OF u.s.
Mrs. Milligan was speaking. Mrs.
Milligan wore n very much faded black
skirt and black waist. Mrs. Milligan
had "A red face and "A pug nose,
Mrs. Milligan had white hair. and
might have been sunny 40 from the
extreme agility Of her motions, hut
more likely was 60.
"And how did We find us"' she said,
pouring hot water on the tea leaves,
The reporter was about to, reply
when the kitchen door was thrown
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-30
The High Collar Per.
sists and Is Eminentiy
Modish. but Unless
Well Made 1t Is Sci.
dom Successful

Of them. particularly among the mod
els in chiffon. lace and silk. but most
Of the low cu.larcd new b.ouse roll
well up against the neck in the back,
though they may open quite low in
front. Some Of them have the puri-
tan lines and even carry this outline
to cape depth. \ popular white hand
kerchief linen blouse varies this idea
by having three overlapping capes.
the lowest dropping a little over h
shouidc" point. the topnost one OF
ordinary collar width. Each section
is bound with soft old blue handker-
chief linen. and the 'hrce overlapping
cuT sections also have this blue
border.
The dropping shoulder line is much
used in both hlOuscs II frOcks. and
where the collar does not acccntuate
il. a little shoulder yoke often does.
On some of the dainty figured muslin
blouses this shoulder yoke Is of white
muslin, lace edged or embroidered, and
the collar and cuffs are also in white.
A delightful little French blouse
whose picture we give to-day liz OF
sheorest linen Lawn whose white
ground is sprinkled closely with little
dots Of rose or blue. Its rolling collar
opens down in front on each side of a
narrow chemisette ~ white organdy
and narrow valcnClennes which makes
the neck opening a square rather tina
n v. The white collar is edged with
valenciennes as are the white shoulder
straps and cuffs. and from under the
collar fall two narrow cravat ends of
the organdy with tiny frills of val
across their ends. These ties may be
knotted II one likes them 50, but they
look rather better falling free.
There seem to lie few wolfe blouses
in the new assortment. though cotton
voiles in dress materials are prettier
than ever and promise to have q big
season. Probably The wolfe h,ouses will
come later. for what We have now is
only an advance guard of the summer
blouse log.ou~.
Pretty models in organdy are plcu-
tiful. but 10y no means 50 Ubiquitous
as they were last spring: nor has every
blouse. otherwise practical, "A collar ~
orEandy which must J." kept crisply
immaculate un,cSS the blouse IS t. lose
all It's smartnesS. Chiffon houses in
plain pink and rose. h'uc and Groen
u other Colors, quIJ" untrlinlned
save for picot edeing or h"mstitchinr
and tucking, are shown every whore
and have "A dainty simplicity along
with their youthful gaycty that COM
mends them. They are pretty with
white skirts and silk or wool sports
coats of striped white and c".or, the
chiffon blouse, Of course repeating tho
stripe color.
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IMITATION LOBSTER A LA NEW.
BURG.
7 IMITATION lobster a In Ncwnurs

7 MiTNTfpN lobster a In NcwNurg
may h" made with the us" ot
any fiaSy iisn. The materials
required ar" on" Clpfll OF cooked
fish broken III pieces. ono egg. yoli.
II desscr,spoonful ~ cornStarch.
"A generous half pint OF milk. two
ta~hlespoonfIls W Vine. n grating Of
nutmeg. salt ana pepper 20 taste. II
piece OF butter of the size OF n wal
nut.
Pit u cupful Of any TAXED Nsh
To heat In - double boiler. Nix the
egg yulk and cornstarrh until hight.
stir in Srtdua,,, the milk add this to
the fish Pat all over a hr SIX fire.
season with the salt, pepper and NUT
meg, SIR aud cook unti the sauce il
~ th.,h rs muins>cs, Then drop N
the HUttrr chopped fine. theN the
sherry ~ other wine.
serve on squares ~ thin del
Catoiv Drowned toast IN n heated
platter. Warm tn" plates before
serving.
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No Extravaganza in
Yiel ding to Their
Lure. as Seasons for
Filmy Things Are
interchangeable
n, ELEANOR HOYr BRAINERD.

n ELEANOR VoST BVAINERD.
-IiE unmcr blouscs are here, and
though sober reason protests
! that winter blouses have not
r., done half their duty. the new
models in thin cotton and linens are
inding ready sale.
After all. there's no great extrava-
rance in yielding TO this temptation
unless one buys what n could not
,Sord at any scason Seasons are in
,srchangeable nowadays. so far as
houses are concerned. The summer
patiste or linen or organdy is no thin
nor than the winter chiffon, and IS an
rropriate enough for some kinds OF
winter wear. and then many of the
new Southern models are fashioned Of
thifon or G~eorgette crepe or silk in
stead of cotton Or linen: so there's
nothing to distinguish them from
their winter kindred save some new
touch Of detail.
As il was last autumn IN regard TO
HOUSE. 'btidlS =. S' IL Ia UpN. lie n1Xn
collar is eminently modish. 1t has a
rewer air than the low collar, and II
successful is extremely chic. But IL is
pldom really successful, and. patriot
SIN TO the contrary Notwithstanding,
,ne must admit that few of the high
.ollarcd domestic blouses have the de-
.rable air OF smartness. Either they
have a collar So fantastic and extreme
hat few women could wear II sue
cessfully and comfortably. or they
have a bulky and bungling air.
The French do the thing rather bet
~r. and among the new expensive
hand made French blouses there are
many good high necked models in
sheer cotton and linen. Most OF them.
however, have the high collar so en-
phatically high that only the woman
n long slim throat can wear them. and
The same is true OF the high necked
ruimpes which arc increasing in num-
per a. the season progresses.
To make a e. net or lace gu:mpe
with high close collar is difficult and
takes time. To have one perfectly
fitted by a first class dressmaker costs
My where from SO to SO. And we
don't make money on 1t at that" said
/ Fifth avenue dressmaker when "A
patron protested. "A perfect guimpe
n net calls for very skilful and par
ticular work. and we have to take a
nod workwoman from some other
work that pays better in order to get
he cuimpe properly done"
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THEIR OWN CITY CLUR

c%arpcting. Here. II the plans Of the
house committee ran he carried out US
economically as they hope. a table
d'hote luncheon will hc served for 90
cents.
And wines?
We sha'nt have n bar" says Miss
Driscoil, but wines viii he served to
those who wish them from the hotel
bar just as the food will come from the
hotel Kitchen"
Next to the dining room at the end
OF the suite Of seven rooms Is the liN-
ing room. a charming place with half a
dozen windows looking far across the
East River. walls don in pale mauye
and plenty OF easy chairs. Opening
from this are III" dressing rooms.
ON the other side Of the dining room
IL, the round table. a smaller room de-
signed for private dinner parties and
for the committees when they want TO
bold confahs. Then there is the re-
oeption room II "A wide hal, running
from end To end Of the suite and al
Joining the dining room kitchens done
all in white. to which the food will he
brought IN a special elevator from the
| regions below.
Above, reached by q stairway that
circles round and round. are the club
offices and " roof gardens which ac-
oordlng to Miss Driscoll can ne made
perfectly darling with vines aud
flowers when summer comes
There isn't any smoking room. hlt
cigarettes are not To be taboo. Men
will he admitted as guests within
limits. As the city club @ Us
doors to One guests between the
hours Of - \ VI. and +. NJ. so Will
the Wum"n's city club do with the on
puSite sex.
The clnp has an imposing ,ist ~
COMMUNICATIONS. health. c~ducltiun.
city finances, transportation. housing
public safety. recreation. courts. suc.al
welfare and general city government
but as a matter Of fact II Wi, go slow
In civic upl!ft ill il has its own feet
set on n firm financial level, To pay
Its bills and get something in the war
chest Is the first ambition of the
Women's City club. according to Mrs
Claudia q. Murphy. chairman of the
financial committee. The initiation
fees Of the fifty-ihree founders SLOT
each will form the nucleus of "A funo
ont Of which a big clubhouse is to ris,
some time.
There are five classes Of membership
the founders, the charter members
bers and the nonresident members
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T0DAY'S BEAUTY HINT

II IS not necessary to shampoo
quite so frequently if your hair is
properly cleansed each time by use
Of Il really good shampoo. The cas-
lest to use and quickest drying sham
poo that we can recommend to u
readers may be prepared very
cheaply by dissolying n tcaspoonful
of canthroX, obtained from your
druggist, in a cup Of hot water. This
rubbed into the scalp creates II thick
lathcr, soothing and cooling in its
action, rs well as very beneficial to
scalp and hair. After riuSing, the
scalp is fresh and clean. while the
hair dries quickly and evenly, devel-
oping IA bright lustcr and "A soft fulfil
ness that makes it seem very heavy.
ADV.
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NONRESIDENT members will have the
privilege of bedrooms IN the e.gh-
teenth fluur at special rates and vii,
share an the right, Of tho club except
that they may 20 vote AT the ciec-
tluns.
short and simple g the constitution
Of the Womcu's city club. Its pur-
pos" is 10 bring together women in
tereSt"d N tho welfare of the city Of
New York and to promote such wei
fare Its governing body is to con-
s.t Of the president, first vicc-presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer and fif-
teen trustees. y majority vote of the
members Al tho annual meeting the
third Wednesday in March OF each
year can undo any action Of the gov
orning board, make II unmake by
laws, even "Vrrturn III" constitution
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the vote" declared Mrs. John Rogers.
Jr., of the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage. 81 won't take any
part in city or State or national affairs.
| won't salute the flag. And let those
who call this treason make the most
Of ~"
81 on't want clubs to leach me how
10 use the vote said Miss Doris Ste
vens, field secretary OF the c. L.
What | want is the vote
Some women have felt this so keenly
that. like Mrs. John Winters Brannan,
they signed a pledge to give no money
or effort whatever to any cause but
the one cause of winning the vote.
The National Woman Suffrage Assoc
citation once published a printed form
for this pledge.
Whenever women who are fighting
for the vote mix in public affairs they
are pretty sure to tread on somebody's
toes and injure their chance Of en-
reimbursement" said one laborer in the
cause. Look at Mrs. Alfred j. Emo of
Queens. As suffrage chairman she was
bringing the borough into line. when
she decided TO take up tho Mrs. Clara
Ellert case. BY going into court TO
secure Justice for that unfortunate
young woman she stirred up a mares
nest of political intrigue, and now
Queens suffragists are divided among
themselves, and their leader IL de-
posed
True" said another lahorer. "but
I'VE herd several Queens wonen ga.
that they never cared one way or the
other about suffrage tin they saw Mrs.
Emo hiring Clara Ellert's assailants to
Justice. and then they thought: IF
that is what votes for means
I'm for it"
50 there YOU are. But there is room
outside the Women's City Club for
those who think il a mistake, and there
Is room inside for those who would
prove their fitness for the vote by
taking a hand in government. and
those who would take a hand without
wanting to vOte-roon even thougn II
is but a suite in the Hotel Vanderbilt.
and the clubhouse hat is To he built IL
ia. in the future.
Very pretty rooms they are that one
sees when one steps from the elevator
al The eighteenth floor and is con-
fronted by Miss Marjorie Driscoll,
executive secretary. Miss Dri"coN Is
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woman would not take the
business Of voting seriously are
respectfully requested by s~uffragists
Nconsider the purpose of the Women's
Try club Of New York. which opens
's doors TO It's 900 members with a re-
'ept on - the newly elected officers at
sro0ms on the eighteenth floor Of the
dotel Vanderbilt tomorrow night.
To serve as an instrument for
'on'D voters who wish to take an in
fI,S"nt part in municipal government
that is what Mrs. Norman der.
Warehouse, mother of the o%rganiza-
Ton, meant 1t to he. II was last sum-
her thai she conceived the plan. and
" course she was going on the
hypothesis that New York would en-
franchise It's nm on November ..
But New iork's failure TO do this did
Tot dampen the enthusiasm OF Mrs.
Wh!tchOusc or The scorcs of suffragists
who agreed with her on the need for a
Nomans counterpart of the City Club
through which their husbands and
'ro'hers kept tab on Mayors and
Boards Of Estimate and franchises and
garbage carts and other cogs in the
SuniC.pal machine.
There was oaly one dinerence-Mrs.
W~hi'"'Cusc ceased 10 mother the club.
"hen Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
moved np from the craftsmanship of
Tho New York state Woman Suffrage
party 20 the presidency Of the National
woman Suffrage Association, making
l necessary for Mrs. Whitehouse, the
Vce-cha.rman, to become the State
Nead, Sc decided to concentrate her
hten'Ipn on that job. SO Mrs. Henry
wise Miller vii. be elected president OF
NE City club to-morrow.
Miss Mary T., Dreler. long prominent
II N" affairs of the Women's Trade
mon League, is 10 bc first v!ce-presi-
leN' and Miss Alice Carpenter secre-
ary''r"a!urer, The incorporators o!
N" club were Mrs. Whitehouse. Mrs
Miller. Miss Carpenter. Mrs. Claudia
Murphy and Mrs. V, G.. SlmkhovitCh
no TIE organization committee in
'ud"S some of the hes, known women
N'N York women of all occupa-
'ohS and many political creeds.
IL" members aren't all suffragists
Wy any means, and not all suffragists
'pnf"N" Of the club. Mrs Everett i
wheeler, wife of the president OF the
Nan Association Opposed to Woman
'1NftH", Is n anti who has Joined
MISS Anne Morgan. who though hei
ups ar" scaled or suffrage is suspected
O' IN" n- On the suffrage side. is amon1
VI" Founders, Ida NJ, Tarbell. anti. il
f" b" a trustee.
On W." other hand some Of the mos
ardent New York su~ffragists turned
uo"H Mrs. Whitchouse's invitation
nav The Women's City Club doesn'
m"nd 20 wait for the vote before mix
"p IN municipal affairs, and "suffrag'
HfN - IN" motto Of many.
y great mistake to form an or
pahlIh'."n which is bound to tax.
''h' 81 our time and energy from tn
ssk 90 winning the vote" they said,
M ono gets me TO take an interes
~ VI" Government which refuses m
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original making. viii no manufac-
turer of Iuimpes and high collars and
high collared hlouses take pity upon
the woman who has not "A swanlike
throat the woman who is enormously
in the majority?
Going back to those high collared
French hl"uscs: mos; If them have d
note of black somewhere about the COL
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The blouse |hu'tonlnc az The front
and Strti-ht on W tie COLA front is
again shown, but seldom l,",k> as well
on a Wearrr as II docs an the form.
where the long. slim " sen NJ PAPER
mach" throat docs uu turning or bend
no Xcusc for crlmplirs down an
tidiiy. Better huttoned mul"is of tn"
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brOidercd Sits In the collar. ONE
times It Is almost hidden under a flat
81 iiarlng TIA mover. The ribbon nay
bc near the bottom ~ the collar rather
than near the top and very often the
high collar instead OF hugsing the
throat all the way round ends at each
side of the chin IN front and only the
ribbon crosses the rare throat and ties.
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tailored sort in wash silk. handker-
chief linen. &C.. have plated blouse
fronts and open up the left side. but
tCuing from belt 10 shoulder point,
along the sho"lder seam TO The collar
and M the side Of the collar.
The hich-low collar. which may he
worn either way. IS still liked for
tailored and sports waists. and many
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black MORE ribbon. 1t Is quite likely
to run around the collar near the top.
az in the blouse pictured on this page,
and IL may tie in a prim little bow at
front or back or fasten with a little
slide or buckle and hang down in
straight. short ends.
Sometimes it is run through en-
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very proud IF having been the only
woman at the city Club-she went
there as aid 10 Robert :. Binkcrd, sec
Rotary Of the club-but she consoOted
to leave the men and give h benefit
Of the experience gained with them to
the ONE Miss Driscoll is young
and tall and blue eyed and fair haired.
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tailored models in linen and tub silk
have high rundown collars. the turn
down section usually fiaring n little
instead Of lying fiat as II once did. A
ribbon stock is the usual accompani-
ment of this type NJ collar.
Collars high and standing in the back
and low in front have $ far little
actual novelty, though there are many
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USES OF BICARBoNATE OF SODA.

CARBONATE OF SODA should
= always be kcrt in an easily
accessible place in the Kitchen.
Applied immediately 90 n burn and
mo'St"ned It Wi, relieve the pain.
y pinch added t" any fruits or
vegetables Will make them moro pala-
table ana less SUGAR VIII be needed.
Sc a quarter OF a t~rdsp0oUful q
" quarts Of fruit, fresh. or to one
pound of cydporltcd frrt.
fll now coos u- utensils with cp'd
water to which one r~c1spoonrul ~
S"dt has been added and boil It. Then
wash In" utensils VIII good SOAP and
water. dry. ana they aye ready for use.
Ecarh"nat" uf soda added IA tho
water In which odd }oroilhlcS are
cooked VIII make them green and
fresh; it W. also make tender a
tough p!rc" "f s.cWiur meat.
Il VIII swcctru milk which IL, aholt
To fIru