davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
Snobbery In
. Guild Needs
Early Check
Parents Alone to Blame for
False Standards Of Living
and Outlook Of Their
Children. = Z. &. (,
By LAURA oLAwsoN. j

cx.Y =. oW delightfuil" I exclaimed
Me- to MRS. Allen the other
morning, at the station. II
hope your seat IL in the same
Pulimanl II not. IN willingly change
mine"
Nfra. Allen glanced down at her SON.
aged ten. s-sy, t.t,ir
''You see.H she explained easily" we
are. not going IN Pullman today. John
and are together and we are In the day
coach and taking our luncheon. Do
come and visit us !" she called gayly. as
We seIarstea rnS Inside the gate gates ;o nsr .s.,
In the day coach, to find young John
eulkily nibbllng at q sandwich, the pic-
ture OF injured boyhood, NO. ~.
I'VE viii 90 across the aisle. and tai talk
Once out Of Johns hearing. she ex-
planned the situation.
mot that I need to apologize" she
said, for I'm really quite as comfort
but / must tell YOU that our ride to
New York this time. y for the good of
'tt ali started innoeently enough at
the time we splanhed the trip. As a
matter of course. was arranging. for
two Pullman seats, when surprised
on my husbands face that Qutszical
look (which betokens the fact that he
has something on his mind.
"'Suggest riding In the day coach to
John he said, and subsided.
Il did Now Johns father and
mother had never ridden In a Pull
man long after they were grown;
both of US come from middle class
horIor-on the face OF our child when
] suggested that we might save the
better part OF q five-dollar bill BY
taking the Journey In the day coach
ana carrying our lunch. was shock
':AB The distaste Of scion Of the
his serious face when, he expostuiated
with me as to the unsuitab1ity OF the
undertaking. And that decided It'll
II will not have my child. that most
destestable thing. an American snobi
Looking back oyer the past fye
years. ! seelthat have done everything
70 make him aol We send him to an
dues-at an exclusive dancing class, and
he goes back and forth to both on THE
car because 4 saves, time and energy,
The tuition for both school and dancing
class has been paid, and 1t Is. the middle
of;the term. But next year Master, John
BoeBs TO public school. ana numerous
other changes In his education are going
to be madei IN the meantime he Is go-
- our isnofencehave taught him Of
tho false standards 0f living. 49, -
II don't blame John. she eencipdsd
fault lies, with his. parentN Lie In
America is going 70 be too serious q
matter In his generation, too many
WRONG ideals and conception of values
are going TO be overthrown, to burden
him with the fnshftsrable feeling Of su-
And as / returned to my own seat IN
the car ahead, pondered, on what this
OF her courage In trying TO correct the
upbringing. F
tcODyrisht lgis, By Laura ciawson,.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
You Can't Brush Or
Wash Out Dandruff

The only sure way to get rid of dand-
run is to dissolve It. then you destroy
It entirely. To do this. get about four
ounces OF ordinary liquid arvon; apply
II at night when retiring; Use enough to
moisten the scalp and rub Il in gently
with the finger tips.
Do this tonight, and by morning, most
II not all, of your dnndrun will be gone.
and three or four more applications will
completely dissolve and entirely de-
stroy every single sign and trace Of It,
no matter how much dandruft you may
have.
You will find. too that all itching and
digging OF the scalp will stop at once.
and your hair will be FLUFFY, lustrous,
glossy. silky and soft. and look and feel
hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store. II is inexpensive and never fails
to do the work.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
What They Say About Us
EigAt CKiIdren; Nothing a Week
Pertinent Interests of Women As Viewed
By Editorial Writers of the Newspapers.

Eight GliiIdren; Nothing a Week
Bow much would its cost you a
DAY toaliye IL you had q family OF
eight children. the oldest thirteen
syddrs1 and the youngest i've months?
Ahdfif you lost your Job ana had
nothing saved. what would you
nike 70 have done about it7
II y not a hypothetical case.
really. There II such "A family in,
New York The fathsG snf the fami-
" was IA horseshoer. His trade fell
or and he became dock laborer
at $i.76 day. Two months ago he
was taken. down with rheumatism
and since then he has been almost
paralyEed. He had saved little or
makes only 1850 week. Subtract
three dollars a week for rent and
there is a little more than a doll
lar a day for food ind clothes.
A family OF ten, eating three meals
a day, would have an allowance OF
son. But when there Is no Garner
In a family-the care OF the baby
prevented the mother from going to
work-thre meals a day are not
to be thought OF.
At the end of two months the
family could not pay its rent and
to a Charity organization would
mean a delay OF a week or more,
during which the furniture would
be sold or stored and the family sep
arated. The separation of a family
OF this kind is not only misery. but
danger.
why should a country, rich not
only In itself and In Its rich men. but
In its well-paid workingmen.' per-
NIT such things TO happen to n
family? A family OF eight children
10 more important 10 the future OF
America than q pork barrel post
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
Why You See in the Darkness
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG.

tinguiah colors or to adapt itself to
light.
When bugs accustomed to bright light
are taken suddenly into a dark room
and placed before grains OF food which
have been illuminated by white light
eyes. There Is an overwhelming in
crease In sensitiveness. II has been
found that birds. men and other crea-
lures adapt their vision to darkness
within a few minutes. Pigeons and
chickens, accustomed to darkness, are
not blinded by strong light. They are
not even confused. Grains pecked at in
the dark suddenly Illuminated by bright
sunlight are picked up readily by the
birds. The human eye Is momentarily
blinded and confused. This II explained
by the fact that mans retina contains
rods and visual purple.
Vision Of Animals.
Near-nisht birds and petrels adapted
to twilight vision cannot see a. we'll as
man in the dark. They ceased to eat in
shadows one-third as black as the dark
ness penetrated by the eye of "the blood
brother to the OK"
Monkeys seem to be as appreciatiye of
light color and form as man himself,
rested with colored papers II has been
shown that the monkeys learn TO pick
out quickly any OF the different colors.
Dogs learn by command TO bring red,
yellow and blue balls, according TO
Prof John B. Watson. The stage dog,
Jasper, was tested In my presence. ana
undoubtedly. by the sound OF the word,
distinguished one color from another,
The poroupine and the raccoon. very
sharp-sensed In other respects, seem to
exhibit little capacity to discern dis
tinctions between colors. Cats, are like
wise stupid. They confuse yellow, white.
blue. dark gray, red. black and green.
Rats and rabbits have not yet shown
signs OF color sense. -s,s
tcopy't 1915. by Newspaper Feature service).
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
Thieves and DishonOr.

The case Of Mrs. Anne T. L. Field.
who wrote a biography Of the master
yeRg. Canada Blackie." only to md
that friendship with thieves is no
protection against them, 10 sad but
not UNPRECEDENTED. An anonymous
crook stole all Of Mrs. Fields Jewels
savo a golden heart presented to her
by the Sing Sing prisoners. She
thus discovered what many another
hns before--that there Is little honor
even among thieves.
However. Mrs. Field. beyond the
annoyance caused by the loss OF her
baubles. has no cause for serious
grief. Her ideas seem doubtless to
have turned topsy-turvy. but she
will do we'll to remember Little But
tercup's advice to the captain. Her
former literary model. Canada
Blackie." was not responsible for the
theft, 1t was "LonR-Nosed" Mike"
or kentucky Cardinal or Hemp
stead Philip" Perhaps none OF these
enemies to society was In Immediate
correspondence with canada
Blackie." and II Is almost a certainty
that none OF them had ever read the
USdsr the circumstances MrA Flsld
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
ADVICE TO GIRLS
BY Annie Laurie

them II she does not devote all her
attention TO them?
OF course. It is natural for you To
he jealous Of those two rivals OF
yours. but unless you wish To make
the girl your wife some day you
will be acting unfairly to her II you
and confess her love for you with
out an engagement existing between
you.
Dear Annie Laurie-For about
six months have becn going
with a young man and have be-
gun to care a lot for him. He
goes with q girl who hves far
away from here and only seesA
her about four or FIVE times a
year. lie recently told me that
ne was engaged TO her. l stop
ped him from calling for a while
but he has started calling again.
He goes out with me very often
and has told some one hat he
thought a great deal OF me. Shall
tell him he must give UP one
or the other of US or shall / stop
him from calling altogetherf
e. ID. p.
- ONT you think It would be
wise to ask the young man
to make q choice between
- you two girls? At present
there 10 every chance Of you being
criticised for being seen SO often with
an engaged manor hasn't he told
other people that he Is engaged2
II you continue to 60 with him you
canr help caring for him more
and more all the time. considering
the present state of your feelings,
It Is not only unfair to you for
the man to act as he is doing, but
more than unfair to the other girl,
who probably believes that he 10 still
true to her.
(copy't 1915. by Newspaper Feature Service
MISS Laurie tctH toeIoonle letters
Of inquiry on subjects of interest
from readers Of this Paper, and DilI
reply to them IN these columns!
They should be addressed to her,
care Of this office.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
Food of the Legs.

SCo VI tAtC ASCkBs
The South Side Child Welfare Az
ISOLATION OF Pittsburgh having made
the startling discovery that a diet
OF beer and bologna produces bow
legs In babies It remains for some
genius to establish that a diet of
green perBimmons and sauerItraut n
responsible. in like manner, for spin
die shanks. Science lie accomplish
Ing mnrVels these days and there IA
no reason why we should not wake
up some fine morning to learn why
the DacifiBts are weak-llneed.
Those who have shed light in dark
est Pittsburgh on the better babies
question have done Ill, however. In
shedding only half light. The cause
OF bow legs. being known. what ter
rorg have been awakened for the
mothers left still In deepest igno-
ance OF other causes. viz. those OF
pigeon toes. box ankles, knocI,
knees and vagaries OF the underpiri-
ming. With each mouthful fed 10
her unsuspectipg infant the fond
mother may be building an impedi-
ment in It's gait for. life.
Until this whole subject OF the
causes OF nerambulatory deflciencies
has been thoroughly Investigated
parents would do well 10 avoid nour-
ishing their offsrring on pretzela for
foar Of developing corkscrew leKs.-
New York Evening Sun.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

Mrs.. y. K.--Kindiy give me a REM
edy for my skin, which II scaly like
Ash and very dry.
This may be due TO internal as well
a. local causes. Avoid meats, alcohol,
hot foods and hot drinks. Apply 70 the
affected parts each night the follow
ing: OIL OF cade, Y dram; salicylic
acid, Is grains; phenol, Is drops; LAM
oiin. Y ounce. and vaseiine y ounce
the back OF nv nv hands. which. when
scrsReRR scrs4cRed fP Il scales White Tissue. What
viii you advise7
You should eat more bread. fresh
fruits: stewsd fruits cereals potatoes; Se.:
Of fresh milk, pure olive oil. and dis
titled water. Remove the ecaba and bp-
ply % per cent ointment OF chrysaro-
B. K-Yfu you please tell me what TO
do for q severe cold7 2. What viii cure
bronchitis7 3. I am troubled with neu-
raigia. Would you be. kind enough to
prescribe for this, tool
Take five grains each Of hexame-
thylenamine and citrate OF soda In
water every four hours and apply lit
tie Of the following TO the nostriis twice
day: Ammoniated mercury. 9 grains:
white vaseline, Y ounce. Take a hot
DnIn, ana 0r1nk q Whrm BiAbbtui OF
milk before retiring, also wrap up In q
blanket and sleep for twelve hours. 2.
Take three drops OF creosote in a cap
sule after meals. Inhale steam vapors
Of nitrate and saltpetre smoke. .. Use
electricity on the painful joints and
also massage. manipulation. hot appli-
cation and Swedish movements may be
tried.
r. r. D.-I am troubled with a dizzy
feeling nearly all the time. but especial
~ after eating. VIII you kindly pre-
scribe.
Take n tablespoonful Of milk OF mag
nesia about half an hour before meals,
and q wine1lassful OF olive oil with a
half dozen bone charcoal tablets about
half an hour after meals. Take active
exercise IN the open air daily. live q
regular life. Massage the abdomen IN
the mornings upon arising, and eat
rood, nourishing foods. green vegetables,
cereals and fruits. Drink plenty OF dis
titled water, whey. milk and cream,
and be outdoors In the sunlight and
fresh air as much as possible.
w. u. C.-I am troubled with con-
slant headaches every two or three
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

office building. Why should Il run
tered when sickness insurance, ar
ranged by the State at the peoples
expense, would do away with all
People don't like charity. They
hate II. But sickness Insurance
would not be charity, not any. more
when you sprain your ankle and
call upon your accident insurance
company to pay you your weekly
indemnity.-New York Evening
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
YOUR EYES

This Is the fourth in series Of
six articles appearing in The
Washington Times on defects
Of the eyeball, eye faults, other
maladies that come from the
eyes, eye strain, glasses and
their value.
Tomorrow-"Why Faults Of Wis
ion May Cause Other Mala-
dies"
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

A Rounded v Neck Is Con-
nected With the Ribbon
Girdle by a Double Row
Of Wee Buttons, a Sepa-
rate Bolero Jacket Giving
the Desired Blouse Effect,
Soft Folds Of Crepe Add
/ to the Delicacy' of Sill
houette.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

should understand that she was
robbed exactly in that impersonal
spirit In which Mr.. Findelbaum or
Mr.. .Cotrelly or any of her neighbors
might have been robbed. The Jewels
were there TO be taken. and II should
be fairly certain that no insult was
Intended TO Mrs, Field In her ca
pacitv Of prison reformer. er.-New
York Globe and Commercial Adver-
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
Those Girlsl

Emma-Miss Antique says she wishes
she could step to the phone and call up
her happy college days.
Eva-If she did. she'd have 10 employ
the lonE-distance phone.-Florida Times
Union.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
Increase In Sensitiyeness.

scene escapes IL. Like Proteus him
self and Faust. II renews its youth and
life an fast an It presents pictures.
Increase In Sensitiyeness.
The blind spot Of the eye Is a vacant
place In the retina where the thick
white cord called the optic nerve enters
the eyeball. Like the navel of the seed
less orange, this spot bulges bit. II Is.
however. blank. and contains neither
rods nor cones. Visions. illusions,
ghosts. specters. and angels which
many people honestly swear they have
seen can often be referred to- the blind
spot In human eyes.
The fovea. on the other hand. is a
point OF maximum vision. II is n CEN
trail spot on the retina where there are
no rods or visual purple. II does. how
ever. have a capacity to adapt itself to
changes OF light and darkness.
There Is a gargantuan increase In the
senBitvity which comes when the eye
ndapts itself to twilight or darkness.
The visual purple has little. II anything
to do with the power Of the eye to dis
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
PERSONAL ADVICE.

Readers desiring advice should
remember:
1. To address inquiries to DR.. L.
X. Hirshberg, care Of The
Times.
2. To enclose q stamped ID ad-
dressed envelope II q personal
reply is desired.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
Peace at Any Price.

Willie--Ma, may I have Tommy will
son over to our house to play. Satur-
day?
Mother--No. you make altogether too,
much noise. You'd better 20 over to
his house and play.-Boston Transcript
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

A MANS REACH. BY sally Nelson Rob
ins. Philadelphia; J. b. Lippincott
Company. Price, u.w net.
A sweet. homeiike story OF rural vir-
ginia. whose characters are lifeiike
Tho plot revolyes around Q young man
OF promise, cursed by the strain OF al
coholism inherited from his drink-lov-
,ns ,c;Sss Ancestors; a.. redssmSd Sy the love OF
The story has a modern touch given
II In the use OF psychotherapy by ths
sweetheart. To those VINO know Vir.
gtnia the types are eagily recognizable
We understand that this book Il from
the pen OF q now writer, evidently iv.
ing In the atmosphere which She ha<
SUCCESSFULLY reproduced.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

friend and myself would like to
ask your advice. We are both
seventeen years old. We used to
70 with two boys whom we
thought a great deal OF. but we
had falling out for reason
speak TO each other. Every sum
Z day these boys come out at a
certain hour, when they know
they will see US, and follow US up
and down the street. We merely
speak, and that y ALL We think
the world OF these boys, and
would like to get them back. 30
we want your adyiee,
- HIS falling out surely shows
,remarkahlS loyalty. not only
between yoYT two girls. but
between thSbe two boys.
suppose that 1pnAoof you couldn't
make up with one boy. could your
couldn't help smiling when
thought Of your Sunday. procession.
You know that you two girls
wouldn't think Of walking up and
down on Sunday II you didn't know
the boys were coming. too. and 1
know the boys wouldn't come II they
didn't believe that you girls might
be out for a walk. So it goes. you
see.
Really. there 10 nothing, to my
mind. that stands in the way OF
sort of double reunion. Just write
are willing to be their friends again,
and they will come back to you In q
great hurry. you may be sure.
|
Dear Annie Laurie: / Tin love
with a Young man In Atlantic
City. I have been In washington
about two months. and have not
heard from him. wrote to him
two or three times. but he refuses
10 answer. received a letter
from one Of my friends telling me
that he Is running around with
other girls. When was there he
pretended he liked me. love him
dearly. u. II. II.
Y dear child. don't you see
nm that the man does not wish
IV to continue his friendship
with your He could take
no more cutting way to do 1t than
by refusing to answer your letters.
DO not write to him again. under any
circumstances.
Try to make some now friends here
Atlantic City person out OF your
silly little head,
Dear Annie laurie: 1 am a girl
sixteen years old and am In love
with young man twenty-one
years old. love him dearly. but
he does not act us II he cares for
me. Please tell me how / can
make him love me more. l.. f.
V yOU are entirely too young to
" begin 10 think about having
people love you more-especi-
ally fascinating young men,
aged twenJy-one. He probably
thinks you are u child-and you are.
Can't you think OF anything more
worth while than asking recipes for
making young sneH love you madlyT
Dear Annie I.aurie.-sI have been
keeping company with young
lady for the past year or 50 and
have become very much ~ love
with her. She Gays she cares for.
me and really think she does
I'd a certain extent Rut she has
several other men friends and
seems tn think as much OF them
as she does OF me.
Although she says she cares
for me rAore than anyone else.
how can / find out whether this
Is true? q. II.
w THY can't you believe tho
AN/ girl when abe tells YOU
NV that She likes you tho
best" ! think she's dulhG
a very sensible thing In having
good times with three young man
iHstead OF going with on. alone.
Why Is II that 80 many people like
you cannot believe that girl likes
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

nRrMgs SHORT HISTORY OF THE EN-
Clash PEOPLE. .Everyman's Library,
Edited by Ernest Rhys. New York., b.
p. Dutton a Co. vol.
Now that this compact edition or a
book which should be in every library
has como TO hand, in these days when
shelf space 10 90 valuable, there Will DE
many purchasers for II. Everyman's q
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
BOOK REVIEWS

THM HONEY POT. By Countess Barcynsin.
New York: p. p. putton a Co. Price,
n.ab nat.
THE Honey Pot" Is an entertaining
gnmpse of the life OF the London chorus
human. lovable everyday women, ana
the men human. II not so lovable. Some
OF the situations are unusual, Judged
py the standards OF the bread-and-
has made a readable live novel from
well worked material and threadbare
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
THE TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE PA
Georgette Crepe--Lace--a Twist Of Ribbon
This Is the Recipe for "a Spring Frock

The Widest Of Bell Sleeves,
Threaded Cuff Like
/ With a Tracery Of Lace,
an Apron Of the Same
.Filmy Stuff, and a Petit
coat Deeply Banded Form
the Unsubstantial Foun-
(. dation for a Crepe Over
dress.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

Library u Just what Il purports 10 be,
and In giving these standard works at
a moderate price II fills q need which
is real for good books In handy form.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

1t never grows Old or stale. No fleeting
scene escapes It. Like Proteus him
self and Faust. II renews its youth and
life an fast an II presents pictures.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

no more cutting way 20 do Il than
by refusing to answer your letters.
Do not write to him again. under any
circumstances.
Try to make. some now friends here
and put all thoughts OF that flighty
Atlantic City person out OF your
silly little head,
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

Dear Annie laurie: / am a girl
sixteen years old and am in love
with a young man twenty-one
years old. love him dearly, but
he does not act us II he cares for
me. Please tell me how can
make him love me more. l.. f.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

kV'M tired Of pannier dresses."
mourns the lady Of fashion.
"rhsy take up 90 much room.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17

q. DIFF you will kindly send q
stamped. elf-addressed envelope with
your query repeated. will be Rlad 70
give you the desired information.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-14
BUSINESS woMEN's CONCERT
Newly Organized Choral Society Gives
Meritorious Program

The Business Womens League Choral So
aeV recently organized with May Porter
= musical director. made its bow
% the public last evening In meritorious
concert In Witherspoon Hall,
The membership is composed of women
whose yocations call them downtown to the
commercial and Industrial marts but who
nave music as their avocation. To further
helr cultural aspirations they have organ
NED the chorus, which was heard with many
eemonstrations of approval and applause
py considerable audience.
Miss Porter, who is director of the Can
uFes Chorus, has drilled her forces with
s-eenent enect in tone. quality, volume
ana precision. There was attractive light
ana shade in the interpretations of varied
pfogram which traversed. the best liter
azure for female choruses
Inc program included the Victor Herbert
arrangement of the Donizetti Spring
une' Vincent's Scotch Rhapsody" the ia
mouS Barcarolle from offenbach's Tales of
Honmann Elgar's Snow" and a delight
sgly ss, rhythmical waltz song by II. lane
nlison. Purity of intonation and sharp
A.aek marked every number
"iliam Sylvano Thunder furnished ad-
Miiabe aceompaniments and the assisting
solgists were Elizabeth Bonner, contralto
5nina Hudson Macool soprano; Dorothy
sshhstone s, Baseler harpist; Florence
Aasnle and Elizabeth Porter, first and
zscond yiollns.