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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20

I meet here at work, and In my
home every day.
"You know, a study Of the law
can help n woman In so many. many
ways. Even though she does not
intend to practice. nor yet to take
q degree. every woman ought to
know something about the statutes
OF her town and state. at least.
AS I was passing down the street
the other day. I seemed to walk
right into a cloud OF dust. looked
up. and saw a woman shaking a
rug out of a window overhead. She
would. no doubt, have been very
much surprised II she was arrested
for breaking the law. yet shaking
rugs like that is punishable Of
Tense.
And what does tho average wofn-
an know about the child labor laws
In her own Slater How many women
In the District OF Columbia could
tell you about the regulations for
child labor and the eight-hour law
right here In town.
"Some Of the women's magazines
devote great deal of space TO pure
foods. How many women know
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20
Spinach Salad.

When cooking spinach plan to have
enough left cold to make salad. Either
plain boiled spinach or leftover creamed
spinach can be combined with hard
BOILED egg for this method OF servifis.
Chop the spinach hpe.J II no white
saucn was used with II In the original
serving. add enough to form a "binder."
SO that the spinach can be nodded into
balls the size Of walnuts. Let these be-
come we'll chilled.
slice as many cold boiled eggs AZ are
nesoed, season them with salt and pep
per, garnish the spinach with them.
pour nayonnaise over and serve In let
tuce hearts. This Is a satisfactory way
to utilize small quantities of leftover
spinach and make luncheon dish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20

man, man 4, ,;,i ss clS as his srteriss,; con-
y6 MSp p BE- BLOOD sSys rl. :solS ,os r.
or hard. There H.. lnded. NO special
or time relationship IN either the
resiliency or liminebs Of those it's
fiammatory infection OF hts joints and
heart curtains. may have arterlo-
sclerosis. Dr, oslsr. himself. may live
to be centenarian. ,z..s
Concerned as you may be about the
causes Of arterio-sclerosls, you are all
the more Interested In Its treatment
and possible elimination. ~ you In
ssp,1,s .ne snd S srteries nodicum
9uent negligence or disrsRhfd OF
health rules may .afegunrd your anat-
omy from this visitation. M
D'Arsonval Electric Treatment.
Yet I'm the course OF human events"
something may befall you that viii ini-
tiate high blood pressure, overloaded
blood canals. kinney aiiinenvs ana VIZ
attic ndant trail OF arterial consequences.
Then IL behooves you to seek one or
more Of several possible measures 81 re-
lies, such as Bemt-staryationN plan
a milk diet. massage. Distilled water.
sleep and rest, and, according 20 recent
reports, not least by any means, the
D'Arsonval electric method.
In the application of this new treat
ment the Individual win nardeneu hrteI-
ies and high blood pressure 10 placed IN
a kind of electric bath. Instead OF n
stationary coil Of the electrior current
and system of moving magnets, the
DArsonval principle involves a set OF
permanent magnets and moving coil.
The soft iron core Is supported rigid
ly between poles In order to concentrate
the magnetic lines OF force. The coil
swings freely around this core.
Owing to its strong magnetic fteld the
D'Arsonval type OF electricity Is said to
be particularly valuable In the treatment
OF arterio- sclerosis. II is peculiarly free
from ordinary magnetic disturbances. 50
| that patients placed IN the cage between
the coils OF upon chairs escape the In
references set up by the electric diner
| ences In their own tissues. The. thera-
peutic principle Of the D'ArBonvai cur
rent Is merely an extension OF the prin-
clpie Of the D'Arsonvai ammeter. Only
a small part Of the current u sent
through the movable coil.
Ccopy't 1915. by Newspaper Feature serviee)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20

w FAR raint and feathers are
riNAI the last things the Indian
OF today thinks about.
Neither does ne stalk
: about In gay blankets. trying TO
look stern and imposing.
Instead. he IL educating himself
10 that his mental equipment may
demand AZ much respect AZ his ply
steal powers. II 10 the one great
hope Of a rapidly dimihishipg race.
Thus. frankly did Mrs. Marie Bald
win state the trend Of Indian
thought today. Mrs. Baldwin 10 her
self member Of the ojibway Chip
pewa) tribe. and her people owned
the broad plains OF Minnesota ana
North Dakota for centuries.
THE Indians have come to realize
that their preservation lies In educa-
tion." she explained. "of course.
there are some OF them who still be-
lieve that the schooling offered by
the white people Is to be avoided
above all things. Most OF them know
that II 10 the only way by which
they can win the attention OF the
race that II in authority.
The nearer they are to white men
In education the better will their at
fairs be administered.
Indians Change Like Other Races
ITS really hard to make some or
the most sensible people here in the
East believe that the Indians OF 1918
don't 70 around in war paint ana
feathers and trailing blankets. CIV
ing war whoops and brandishing
tomahawks. They are still thinking
OF the indians OF two o. three CEN
turtles ago. forgetting that they
change. IKE any other race would.
in the same space of time.
THE Indians OF today are wideiy
scattered. TO be sure: just groups
here and there In the North and
Southwest and West Yet. widely
separated as they are, they all have
begun to realize that they are no
longer tribes or clans or nations, but
one race. which must be preserved;
"A race which cannot treat with
70 survive They need the study or
the law more. should say, than
other people In America today. Or
course. law II a help to anyone, out
to a race whose lands ana pIoperS
of other kinds are so valuable IL u
alI-important, a..
"As soon as I came TO work 70 tns
Inoian Ofrice. some years AGO: sam
where the knowledge OF cerIein
amount OF law would be a. sfeet heip
"For that reason I took a course
nj the washington College OF Ls ,
not Howard university. as was a.s stS-
ted last week. ! finished my .n Vs0 hed
nv masters degree In one year
more.
No Intention to Practice.
mot that I had any idea OF ever
y putting my knowledge to court
room use. This never occurred TO
me, though I suppose ! could do It
II Il was necessary. I just wanted II
to help me with the problems that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20
Study of the.Law Is Valuable
for Anyone, She Believes,
Adding That Women
Should Know the Statutes
ofTheir City and State As
"a Protection in Business
and Domestic Affairs.

prInt. Ri-a will rood what II down
in,larEe letters. and. iet the, rest 60.
printing that tops Q telegram. That
IL really y contract. too. It's ju1t
the same way with che average wo-
man reading contract. She NAV
not know that, hidden m the midst
Of ttoec 'iHv tines u q claure pro-
vidinG that n she fails TO make one
OF her navments tho balance II due
at once!
Many Uses for knowledge.
"severa. Of my friends heard that
] once made the statement that
every woman should study law. You
don't want Us to believe that every
woman should bother with that dry
stunr they all said. But I do
answered, and I mean II.
Every dav here. working right at
my desk. and some new way I can
use II. A woman's magazine pub
Iisbed an article recently saying that
I became interested In Indians after
secured my position here. and
studied law 30 that could help
Them. The very Idea when am an
ITO be sure. few Eastern people
know ~ Why. one time went to
zee some little sons OF friend OF
mime, AM when they first spied me
they aime 1T cried. Finally. one OF
them sobbed, Where's your fenth-
ers? You aren't any Indian aud
both of them refused to be COM
forted.
And how ! long for my summer
vacations. when 1 can &c, West and
stay near my old home! l never
could lean to love the East. ImHg-
Inc an Indian In n small apartment.
a person whose freedom is a matter
OF race tradition!
eat n meeting Of one of the
Western State societies. happened
to talk 10 young man who re-
marked that he guessed he must
have PLAYED on the little farm
called home when he was a boy.
As a matter Of fact. he couldn't very
well have helped Il. for the little
farm l called home covered some
ll.0co.oo acres!"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20

W yHEN BENJAMIN Franklin
NM snatched the thunderboIt
w from heaven the sceptre OF
tryant forces was trans
ferred TO human hands.
Literally, electricity n neither the
rash that greets the eye nor the
roar that meets the car. Like drugs
and other medicines. electricity IL
both death-dealing and llfe-giving.
IL occurs In many shapes. yet in the
hands OF the expert and In precise
ooses' IL causes metamorphosls
from sickness to health, paralysis to
motion, weakness to strength, and,
indeed. like Ponce de Icons much
sought elixir. changes age into youth
stilled and sluggish blood leaps into
action and stiff and rigid structures
soften, move again. and take renewed
vitality under the magnetic spell OF
electric energy. At the hrst spark
from the electric source the chains
or many maladies wherewith vitality
fabric.
Some Possible Causes.
Tough, rigid. inelastic and hardened
arteries are one of the prices that
man Is supposed to pay to civilizat ton
for overeatlng, Infectious diseases,
wine-bibbing and emotional excuses.
or these and other causes OF arterIo-
sclerosis. nothing scientifically GER
tain can yet be said. DIR. Richard
Cabot has announced that the .lime-
like conduits through which flows
the scarlet stream of life cannot be
due to moderate Indulgence in alco-
holic beverages. This Is not his opln-
ion. but IL plain deduction from
his COLLECTED facts. Life. insurance
data holds to a contradictory con-
clusion. DR.. Lyman Fiske and Prof
Fisher maintain that a redundancy OF
the good things Of life and a lareess
OF vlvands make for incompressIble
overfull and rigid blood pipes in mid
die and advanced life.
The origin OF arterio -sclerosis In
any person cannot be blamed, usually
upon two or three causes, one or two
peccadilloes. or a single sheaf OF wild
oats. There are too many possibilities
for such a conclusion. 1t suffices Il
say. however. that the platitude. "a
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TIME final sugsc stiOn which was
70 prove fruitful came, when
,vervthIur was at the low
a., .hh 1u., the way such
,h,,~. .,S,.y: h.nnsn In the NOV.
a.. 4. a. ,,hsn thn hero 4. down 10
M. l..t crust ana hhs pawusd his over.
.s.t 80 Vtt,n thcrp,nroeter n n de /.
80. heIo,,, zero Thcn as he uaens
hIs rext frou,' the last bpeath the hero
IN. co,nesT an and sivea him n good stift
drink n hot mix or something.
we ,vere about 70 erpire ana had
dodraa the wrath or love for the eeoth
eonseoutive time. We shut I'm the TYNE
n,Y,,., .nH trsan az g.s6 en- navt a.
SSr I1 -" u "en. W
the last mental nreetn' SOFT music
Lights out. Feel for Your 'handker-
chiefly
F,nter a oopv hov with latter
1880 IT. -, a. 4.
lnueeu' hne hoNoi -
easier 70 write IL thusly
The typewriter WINS closed slowly
and then with n motion like n tired
child, the editor brushed the mass
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20
You Stimulate and Shame Us


You shame US. Turnbull. Such as
siduity, accumulative action, and
audacious acumen! Yet OF all the
names you have suggested .one and
one only would we choose.
The Pansy Flower Is sweet, the
Evening Groan would reflect on con-
tributors. as would indeed the Morn
The Homeward Ride has a clever
cosy sound. provided, OF course. one
has a seat
One simply cannot read the column
going home II forced to stand. The
eye OF the young woman forninst us
Is always getting in our newspaper.
The Daily Diet would be fine pro-
vided the column was, always full of
fresh material, But there are days
you know.
The Cedar Chest sounds spicy to
us, but just as we hate anis-ssed
cookies. so may some one hate cedar
suggesting safety first. or first aid,
or the Ever Present Help.
We haven't space to make observa-
lions on all of your stimulating sug-
gestings, but must come at last to
the point,
OF all the names, to our mind, the
3 most impossible appropriate, and
Nnprint&ble one Is.
The Mid Day Riot.
All OFF! End of Line!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20

about the pure food laws and just
how much o. a protection they are7
Should Know Military Laws.
what are the laws governing the
enlistment OF men In the army the
militia. abe National Guard7 What
are the United States conscr.ption
laws? Every woman with sons
should know. And every woman who
has real estate or other valuable
property should know Just how 10
protect herself, Married women, who
may be called at any moment TO
assume the position OF head Of the
family. should, be prepared TO real
lie their rights under the law.
"Someone told me once that ever
30 many roor men were defrnuded
out Of money year after year because
their wives purchased things on
credit and were unable to pay when
the time for the instalment came
around. When q woman buys some
thing on credit and she receives a
long contract to sign. you kow she
won't bother to read everything
there. II there is some Of II In fine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20

Officers are 10 be read, and Mrs.
u. q. Il. Pierce. president OF the
organization, In to make an address.
Mrs. Gershom Bradford Is hostess
Tor the occasion.
Richard Arnold Chapter. ID. A. r..
is to be "at home" tomorrow after
noon at the Home Club. II jackson
place. Officers OF the District or
ganization. regents of local chap
tiers. and other members OF the ASSOC
citation have been invited to at
tend.
Frank N. Meyer, agricultural ex-
plorer for the Department of Agri-
culture. Is to speak on his recent
Investigations in China at the tea OF
the College Women's Club In the oak
room Of the Raleigh this afternoon
from 4 TO 8. Ills subject Ii what
the United States Government Is doing
is doing TO assist the American
People The lecture Is to be illus
trated by a number OF slides, showing
material gathered by Mr.. Meyer ia
his travels to remote parts of China.
Aiumnae OF New England colleges
are TO be hostesses for the afternoon.
These include graduates of Radcliffe.
Siinmons, Brown, Bates, Colby, bos-
ton University, University OF Maine,
New England Conservatory of Music.
Massachusetts Institute OF Technol-
ogy. University OF Vermont. Toronto
University and the School of Fine
Arts Museum of Boston. Miss Flora
Patterson Ia chairman.
The Mt. Pleasant branch OF the
Moman's Christian Temperance
Union Is to conduct a grand gold
medal contest at, Foundry NJ, T..
Church this evening at s o'clock.
Mrs. Hattie Shonts Petrie has charge
OF the medal contests for the Dis
trict.
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FARES PLEASE!

.
Just a Few More.
Dear whats Your Name:
How's This:
Tho Morning Moan.
The Daily Diet.
The Evening GroaI.
rhe Mid Day Riot!
The Dew Drop In.
The Cosy Chat.
The Safety Pin.
The What Is That?
The Poets Pride.
The Fsncy Flame.
The Homeward Ride.
The Evening Game.
The Movie Fan.
Tho Pansy Flower.
The Public Plan.
The Idle Hour:
The Cedar Chest
The Shoppers Guide.
The Readers Rest
(This makes Inc tired.
I've done my bastD
TURNBULL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20
Cranberry Sherbet.

IT'S long past Thanksgiving. but the
more fortunate of us are likely to enjoy
a meal Of poultry at some time or other,
SO a cranberry sherbet recipe is quite In
order, for nothing is quite so good as
game.
Take four cupfuls OF stewed cram
berries, add the strained juice of six
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20
Book Reviews

GERTRUDE AND !. BY Adele LewiSohn.
New York; lnterns tlonal Monthly, Inc.
An au,ob .ograph!c study OF a crippled
composer. from the German OF Her
man Hesse. A though the action of the
national passion for minute analysis
evolves a number OF finely drawn char
aeter studies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20
Raw Vegetable Salad.

Take the heart OF a small cabbage.
two tender. young carrots, one small
turnip. three or four scallions Cor q
few slices Of fresh Bermuda onion)
and level teaspoonfui each OF salt
and OF sugar.
Chop the cabbage. turnip and onion
fine, CRATE the carrot. add the salt and
sugar and moisten wlth the foiiosing
dressing:
To one cupfui of boiling water add
half a cupfui OF sugar. the juice Of two
lemons. four tablespoonfuls of butter. a
teaspoonfui each Of salt and mustard
and three small peppers. Thicker with
one egg yolk beaten with a teaspoonful
of flour and a tablespoonful OF water,
and. lastly. add the beaten white OF
the egg.
This quantity OF dressing will give suf-
fcient to dress three salads. For some
tastes a smaller amount Of sugar I'm the
dressing will be preferred. uncooked
, salads are preferred at this season by
many people.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20
A Few Easy Recipes

oranges and four cupfuis OF sugar.
Freeze until mushy. then add the whites
Of four eggs. beaten stiff. and finish
freezing. -ft.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20

Indians of Today Realize the alueIof
Education as. Principal Asset Of the Race

Mrs. Marie Baldwin, An En-
. ploye of the Indian Office,
and a Graduate of Wash
ington College Of Law;
Thinks That Members Of
Her Race Should Be Able
to Meet White Men on a
Mental Equality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20

LANs for the entertainment OF
- Miss Ellen Fhz Pepdleton.
president OF wellesley Col
lege, have been practically
completed by the entertainment COM
mittee OF the Washington Wellesley
Club. Miss Pendleton comes to this
city In the dual role OF president OF
the college and graduate councillor.
She will arrive on Friday afternoon.
leaving college. on the first day Of
the spring vacation.
A number OF the members OF the
local club are to entertain Miss Pen
dleton informally at luncheon on
Saturday. This In to be followed by
a tea given In her honor by Mrs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20

Salad of Green Peas and Carrots.
To a cup OF well-chilled. leftover
green peas, add half a cupful OF
Young. tender carrot, grated fine. Cover
with mayonnaise and serve on crisp let
tuce or romaine leaves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20
Problem OF
"A Name Is
Moo Solved

Communication
From Unknown Source At
Last Smooths Away All
Difficulties and Offers
Suggestion Which Fulfills
All of the Requirements
Without Incurring the
Lifelong Enmity of the
Family-Last Suggestions
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20
News Items and Notes of Club
Activities in Washington

Justice Hughes, for the members
OF the washington wellesley Club.
undergraduates home for the holi-
days, and students at preparatory
schools OF the city who are planning
to enter Wellesley within the next
two wears.
On Monday morning Miss Pendle-
ton 10 TO speak at number OF
the girls schools. and probably at
three OF the high schools. In the
afternoon, from to $50. the College
Women's Club and the wellesley
club are to receive Jointly for her
In the ball room OF the Raleigh Ho-
tel. wellesley members OF the Col
leBe Women,s Club comprise the
committee on arrangements. Alumnae
OF all colleges have been invited to
attend. 'i.-1 ..
Points OF Order and Appeal
were discussed by Mrs. Ernest Bick-
nell In a paper given before the
parliamentary law section OF the
Twentieth Century Club this morn
Ing at II o'clock in the parlors OF
All Souls Unitarian. Church. This
rection OF Mrs. Edith II. Town.
Mrs. Bicknell, Mrs. Fred Il. Wright.
and Mrs. Arnold Werner-Spanhoof
were hostesses.
Mrs. Charles III. MerWin will
treat OF A. G. Benson at a meeting
OF the literature section OF. the CLUB
Wednesday morning at 1880 IN Mrs.
Henry Farquhar's apartment in the
Parker. This n part of the years
study OF contemporary esSayists
Mrs. Paul Bartsch entertains the
French section Wednesday afternoon
at . o'clock at 1466 Belmont street
northwest.
Mrs. william Miller, OF South Bend,
ind. is TO speak on the life Of Henri
Eabre, the French naturalist. to-
morrow afternoon at I O'Clock, dur
ing the weekly reception of the An
thony League at 2007 Columbia road.
DR.. and Mrs. +. Homer Curtiss are
to give three special lectures under
the auspices Of the league tonight,
Wednesday and Friday at 8 o'clock,
oil 1.-The Astral Plane and It's Mas
terry" at 200T Columbia road.
Judge Wilmer Latimer Ii 10 speak
at the monthly meeting OF the league
on April l, at the home Of the presi-
dent. The program Is under the a.
rection of Mrs. Laura +. Olney,
chairman of the Juvenile Court COM
fnittee. ...
The annual meeting OF the wom-
ems Alliance of All Souls Unitarian
Church will take place on March "a
In the church parlors. Reports OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20

The annual meeting OF the wom-
ems Alliance of All Souls Unitarian
church will take place on March "a
In the church parlors. Reports of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-20
Electricity Sciences Nezc D
Cure for Hardened Arteries
And Oid-Age Mdlddies
By DIR. LEONARD KEENp HIRsHBERe.

w yHEN BENJAMIN Franklin
NN snatched the thundsrboIt
Wv from heaven the sceptrs OF
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-20
Fhyaieian says Ordinary Suxated Iron
WIN Increase strength of Delicate
FOLK 200 Per Cent In Two Weeks
Time In Many Instances.

NhM YORK, y. Yin recent dis
IIv1urse nr. +. Sauer. n well known Spec.
iiHsint VINO has studied In this country and
a.s,rope; says III you were to make an
aStiAl uloOd test on all people who are III
ssu would probably lie greatly astonlshed
~ the exceedingly large number who
snsA IRON aud who are III for no other
aeahoh than the lack OF Iron The mo-
ueIt iron IL supplied all their multitude
~ dangerous symptoms disappear. With
NV iron tue blood mt once loses the power
70 change food Into living tissue. and
snersIote nothing you eat does YOU any
fVSu. l0u don't get the strength ont Of
~. -FOUR food merely passes through
Sgur system like corn through mill
WIN Win me rollers so wide apart that the
nun cant grind. AS result Of this
CONTINUOUS blood and nerve starvation
people become generally weakened, nerv-
OuS hhd all run down. and frequently de.
Neior all sorts of conditions. one Is too
INN another Is hurdened with unneces.
hShry lat some are 80 weak they can hard
" Walk some think they have dyspepsia
hIuhty or liver trouble; some can't sleep
~ mght some fuSsy and irritable: some
hhlhhy and boneless. but all lack physical
power and endurance. In such cases II IS
Norse thun foollshneSs to take stimulating
nsdlclhes or narcotic drugs, which only
Nhlp UP your tagging vital powers for the
,mHomeht' maybe Mt the expense Of your
nIe later on. No matter what any one
uells You, II you are not strong and well
You owe II to yourself 10 make the fol.
rowing test; See how long Won can work
Or now far YOU can walk without becom-
ing tired Next take two hye-grain tab
ietS 81 ordinary nuxated iron three times