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The Washington times., 1916-09-14
The Chaperon
BY THE cHApERoN.

My Dear Chapcron: MY Hlrl
taken the other day. The only
boy ! ever cared for, ana who has
confessed that he loves ma, found
this ont, and asked me to give
proper for a girl to do this before
she becomes engaRedf / have
several OF his pictures, but have
never given him one OF mine,
Ii II proper for O man to put
his arm around a girl In front OF
company? He has three brothers
and a sister. and I visit his home
about once q week. but very sell
dom. enjoy. myself because o Is
everlastlngly following me.
IL l start to play Dall with his
protnefs ne gets angry. and Days
that ! don't love hun, that lust
like the family. DO you think
Jealousy causes thisr He thinks
mat when 1 am at his house
should sit in the hammock with
him all the time.
Jealous Even Of Sister.
Q. even gets angry if his sister
ana 70 FOR walk without him.
can't change him to save me.
E 10 ms you s give me r., a few hints as
OF his' really do love him;
@ UGH an avalanche OF ouestions
- as you have given me to an
swer. Tommy. Til do the best
l can In the matter of giving advice.
first OF all comes the picture prob-
lem. II ! were you, L shouldn't aive
the young man my picture unless
happened to be engaged to him. It
may happen that you two will never
yon wsnisd b You y, won't feel az II
OF you still in his possession.
have said many, many times in
this column that the only people to
whom n girl should give her picture
arc her girl friends and the male
members OF her family. or course,
she may present her picture to a
rance. This may seem rather q
harsh ruling, but, nevertheless. il 10
q wise one. I believe.
Next, about the visiting at his
house. Tell the misled youth that
you cannot come to his home any
more Y he does. not stop botherinG
You. III ne says that you only come
to zee the family. not him, say
Yes" and see how his wounded
vanity likes It.
A Little Less Sentiment.
Tell him that while Il would indeed
be a pleasure to sit in a hammock
with him, you prefer to enjoy the
company OF others not quite so sem
timental. You might at the same
time discourage him from other
concentrations Of affection. either
in public or private,
He il. jealoua and that jealousy
may be sign that he Il very fond
OF you, indeed, but when he be-
comes unreasonable II L. time to put
be Just as gApd friends IL you do
like to have fun with the other mem
bers OF the family. s
II this doesn't have the desired ef-
feet, write to me again and well see
what can be done.
tho Chaperon will answer questions
interest TO readers Of this paper. Tn,
hould be addressed to her, care OF III
ffice. fnclose 4 stamped, addressed e.
-eiope II q. personal reply 10 desired.
The Washington times., 1916-09-14
BY CLIFFORD LEON SHERMAN.

at can't DO very much fln." said
Tommy. ito be soldier and be a cou-
pie OF thousand miles from homo and
suddenly remember that you have q
girl that loves hint."
oh, there are worse thinga than
that" replied his father.
"what, for instaneeY" demanded Tom
N.Y.
"Well, II you should come into camp
some evening and find a middle aged
man sitting. by a campfire looking at
a. photograph. and II YOU look over his
shoulder, you would probably md that
IL was a."
(To complete the picture draw 4
The Washington times., 1916-09-14

Her Vision of the House
Unitarian Sounds, Too
Good To Be True, lnas-
much AS So Many Things
Will Be Built In That the
Long Handled Dust Mop
Will Not Be Needed.
White Paint Is BaniShed.
The Washington times., 1916-09-14
Defying Nature.

Old Tabby had settled herself leisurely
and luxuriousiy in front OF the great
parlor steve. Little Alice who was Wis
itinE her aunt that day, regarded her
ments. There was no cat in Aiice's
home. and when Tabby began to purr
loudly in her contentment, the little
miss ran to the door and called out.
loudly:
here, quick! The cats begun to boill"
The Washington times., 1916-09-14
Collar Conceits.

The neck line 10 like the waist line.
Part. 0Hsss saS so.r a u set From rom
feta tied In the back with q fiaring
bow and falling over II q circular coll
lar OF white organdy-the whole a
smart little conceit which IL especially
High collars are not easy 10 wear, but
they are smart.
The Washington times., 1916-09-14
Seen =. In The
Shops
By THE SHOPPER.


A DAINTY silk and cotton mar
~ auisette. In a coin spot rat
I ~ tern over a cobwebby weave.
Is TX cents a yard. The col
ors are pale green, maize. lavender,
pink, and blue. This Is Just hint
for an inter-season party dress.
Boudoir lamps. Of white enamel or
mahogany. softly shaded and lin.
ished with bulb and cord, are N.S0
Z at one of the shops. This Ia a con-
venient small size that would he
pretty on a beside table.
! Marabout is to be In early fall
favor. That is. II will be tackled on
summer sport coats and summer
suits. and give them the outward
seeming OF garments lataly pur-
chased. This may be had In the
natural taupe and black, and costs
: SAG a yard.
or heavy cut glass In thousand
cleaning facets Is a small bonbOn
dish. The price is 81.
Six broad banded handkerchlefs,
In white with wide edges OF color
lavender, green or rose pink, cost
~ cents at one of the shops. Six
handkerchiefs with straight buttons
( holed edges In colors are ~ cents.
J. Telephone Main $3.50 and ask for IN
shopper further information 10 desire
SseardfnE the shops offering those barsaini
The Washington times., 1916-09-14
With the Architect Lies the
Solution Of Servant. Problem

So Says Mrs. Mary Fanton
Roberts, .Editress of "The
Craftsman" Adding That
1t Is Only a Question of
Time Before All Women
VIII Be Doing Their Own
Housekeeping Anyway.
The Washington times., 1916-09-14
ETHE TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE PAGE
RECIPES

v. Corn Salad.
I dozen ears Of corn.
large head Of cabbage.
onions.
. punches Of celery.
green peppers-
cups Of tssar.'
tablespoons Of mustard.
Tablespoons OF turmsric.
quarts o. vinegar.
One dozen ears of corn. one large
head Of cabbage, six onions, two punches
celery. three green peppers. Put
through meat grinder. ADD two cups Of
sugar, two tablespoons mustard, two
gar. Boil thirty minutes. This 10 de-
iiclous with hot or cold meats.
Pekoe Julep.
1 quart Of boil water.
& tablespoons of tea leaves.
n bunch Of fresh mint.
1 quart Of cider.
Juice Of . oranges.
. lemons
cup OF sugar.
Pour / quart OF boiling water on .
OF frensh mint Let stand 8 minutes
and then strain. Cool, add, quart
OF cider, the Juice OF oranges and
lemons, and I cup OF sugar. Pour over
crushed Ice In julep glasses, adding a
slice of orange and q couple OF maras-
chino cherries to each glass.
Cider Cup.
cups Of elder. So.
cup of sherry.
Grated rind OF l lemon
slice Of cucumber.
Nutmeg.
Sugar to sweeten.
Nix together 2 cups Of cider. I cur
| Of sherry. the grated rind OF a lemon
| 1 slice OF cucumber. q few gratinss oi
| nutmeg and sugar TO sweeten al
liked. Pour over Ice and serve as soor
| as II 10 chilled.
The Washington times., 1916-09-14

or heavy cut glass in a thousand
cleaning facets Is a small bonbOn
dish. The price is 81.
The Washington times., 1916-09-14

ors are pale green, maize. lavender,
pink, and blue, This Is Just hint
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
CAT HAD RIGHT OF WAY

When traffic was at it's height on one of New York's busiest thorough fares recently, and a long line of trucks on either side, moving contin- uously, made crossing dangerous for all foot-travelers, a cat emerged from a produce store with kitten dangling from her mouth, and essayed to cross the street. Each time she started she had to turn back because of a truc/, and her efforts quickly attracted a crowd.
 Down from the corner came a po- 1iceman. He soon saw what was the matter, and, while there was nothing in the traffic regulations to cover the point, 1t took him only a moment to decide what to do.
 Going into the street he raised his hands in the way that truckmen have learned means Stop" They stopped. The cat, seeing her opportunity, took a firmer hold. on the nape of her prog eny, and then, holding it high to keep even it's curved tail out of the mud. she slowly and deliberately picked her way across and disappeared in a eel lar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
THE ETERNAL PROBLEM

She didn't look different from the common run of womankind-just plump, comfortable, neat kind of wo- man, with pleasant face and big, dark eyes-and perhaps I should never have remembered sitting opposite her if it had not been for the remark she made to her companion. The station was crowded with tired-looking wo- men, who, judging by the hat boxes and bundles of all sizes, had been do- ing their spring shopping.
 had been going over in my mind the things I had purchased that I could very well have done without. and lamenting as usual that the old proverb, "A fool and his money are soon parted,'' is just as true today as in the long ago. time when the wise men said 1t. This woman took up her handbag, opened it, took out her purse and counted it's contents with a little worried line coming between her eyebrows, and I felt so sorry for her, for evidently she was having the same difficulty that I always experi- ence-trying to decide what in the world becomes of a bill after 1t is broken. But, bless you! that woman looked up at her companion and said audibly, 'I haven't spent near as much money as I aimed to spend."'
 Gracious me! How I'd like to try the feel of such an experience as that after a whole day in the city. I knew right then that she was no ordinary woman. Every shop in that city had decorated the windows for a tempta- tion or a dare to every woman who paused to gaze a moment. There were lovely suits, filmy lacey waists. ex- quisite ribbons and collars and gloves. And the hats. Maybe she didn't see them. And the new books and music and china! Her eyes looked perfectly good-and I just can't account for it. I'll probably never see her again. and I do wish I had plucked up the courage to take her to one side and ask in a confidential whisper: How ever did you do it?"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
Bridgeporters Not
 Drinking As Much
 Coffee As They Did

Restaurant keepers in Bridgeport re. port a great falling off in the coffee- drinking habit. Onr restaurant keeper in discussing the situation today as- serted that nearly 20 per cent. of his customers refused to drink the bever- age with their meals. The condition is general about the business section of Bridgeport and is ascribed to the high price of coffee and the inability to retain expert lunch counter help.
 q can't get help to make my coffee uniform," admitted a well known Fairfield avenue restaurant keeper to- day, who for obvious reasons did not wish his name used. My customers ick, but they can't go elsewhere. for similar conditions exist. Therefore Bridgeport is slowly becoming a milk drinking community even though emil nent specialists have pointed out the danger in drinking milk"
 Incidentally it was learned that lit- tie tea enters the composition of iced tea" today, "tea-balls'' now being used for the purpose. made from the tea dust of big commission houses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
GIVES WIFE TO YOUNGER MAN

John Olson didn't realize he was old.
 The love of his wife and his 7-year- old son made time pass quickly in the little cottage in Second street, St. Charles.
 The other day, he says, he found his wife cared for a younger Vnan. Then he realized that he was 52 years old
 He had to quit work at noon that day because of the heat and when he went home, he says, he found a young man of tie name of Smith win his wife.
 Oson was angry at first and order ed Smith to leave, but when he thought things over he decided per- : hops he was to blame for being old.
 So he packed his few personal be- 1ong1ngs, told his wife the little cot- tage which had come out of his years of hard work belonged to her and the boy, and then left for some place where no wone would know he was old.-Chicago Special.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
HOW TO CUT ROSES

There is a right and a wrong way to cut roses. The choice of the lat ter may seriously injure the blossom producing properties of the plants, it is pointed out by specialists of the U s. Department of Agriculture. This applies particularly, of course, to rose plants chosen and grown especi- ally for cut-flower production. Such roses will be largely of the perpetual blooming sorts.
 When a rose is cut from such plants-tea roses or other perpetual bloomers-only two or three eyes of the current seasons growth of that branch should be left on the plant. This should give the roses very long stems. Succeeding blossoms should be cut close to the ground. It will seem like destroying the bush to take so much off 1t, but if the object is the production of roses, the cutting away of the surplus wood will attain the desired end.
 If the spring pruning has not been sufficiently sever the plant is likely to have long, naked stalks and short stems to the flowers. With this char acter of growth only one or two strong leaf buds should be left on the branch when the flower is cut, so as to stim- 'ulate as much growth as possible from the base of the plant.
 The greatest temptation to leave wood is where there are two or more buds on one branch, some being small when the terminal one is open. This temptation to follow a bad practice can be avoided by pinching off all side shoots after bud has formed on the end of a branch. This prevents the formation of two or more buds on one stalk. This summer pruning will Encourage additional blooms on varieties which bloom more than once year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
@.e' ~t --,~~t. LITTLE BENNY'S : NOTEBOOK
 (By Lee Papc)
(By Lee PapC)
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l was standing outside of the segar started to come down the street with Mrs. Webbs funny looking little dawg on a chain, the little dawg being a little yello dawg with long ears, and MT. Webb being a skinny little man with red mushtash and white socks, and wen he came to the segar store, he went in.
 G, he takes the funny looking perp out wawking every day, I woodent do it, sed Sid.
 Maybe you wood if you was Mrs. Webbs husbind, I sed. Mrs. Webb be- ing big fat lady with low pompa- dore and a high voice.
 Maybe I wood, sed Sid. Wien jest then the little dawg came out of the segar store by itself pulling its chain after it, and wawked up the street.
 G, its getting lost, I sed.
 Lets run after it and bring it back, maybe we will get a reward, sed Sid. And we ran up after the dawg and cawt it, and jest then MT. Webb came nut of the segar store and started to wawk down the street fast as anything
 G, looks hes looking for it and don't know wfch way it went, I sed I bet he will give us a reward, all rite. And we ran after him with the dawg, yell ing, Hay, hay. Ony Mir. Webb start ed to wawk faster insted of stopping, and we kepp on running till we cawt up to him.
 Heers your dawg, MT. Webb, sed Sid.
 Heers you dawg, I sed.
 And the dawg started to wag It's tale at MT. Webb. and MT. Webb looked at me and Sid mad as eny- thing and sed, its wonder you woodent Tern to mind your own biz ness. And he took a hold of the chain and him and the dawg kepp on going and me and Sid kepp on stand ing there, me saying, G, he must of wunted to lose it, and Sid saying, G.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
Monahan Criticises
 Board of Education

Dr. D. H. Monahan, former member of the board of education. and now a member of the board of health, se- verely criticised the board of educa- ton at confereHce in the office of Mayor Wilson.
 Dr. Monahan said the way in which the board of education puts up puild- ings now IS an outrage.
 'When I was a member of the board of education" he said. I've used to plan so that there would be some breathing space around the school buildings. The children had a chance to play and move around.
 Now the buildings are brought up to the lot lines. This man Nolen, who is going to be the city beautifler, will have streets radiating from masses of brick and stone.
 "It's an outrage"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
Kiddies' Pajan1as Of Blue Linen

ed with care. Blue linen is used fo, the pajamas shown here. The coat has long one-piece sleeves. perforatSA for shorter length, while the drawers with stocking feet, are made with m underwaist, the iron. of which is cut in one with the drawers.
 In medium size the pajamas TO- quire SIS yards 36-inch material. Tho home dressmaker will find it worth the time and effort expended in g;v- ing careful study to She cutting guide for in so doing mistakes md waste of material will be avoided.
 Section "F' includes the draw CTS front, and underwaist front and is placed on lengthwise fold of tle material to the left of the drawers back. The back of the coat comes next, laid on lengthwise fold. The odd-looking section to the left of sec tion "F" is the foot, which is laid on lengthwise thread of material. The tab, sleeve, back of tho under waist, pocke, and lap arr all pinced on lengthwise thread also and these follow D the right of enc another on the salvage side of tho material.
 If it is desired to make inc drawers without the rnderwaist top, before placing the pattern on the material cut off the front and side section along crossiine of small 70" perfora- tions and do not slash on the sides.
 The adjustrncnt may be made with frogs or with pearl buttons. Many hcn,e dressmakeis prefer frogs ani similar ornaments because they savt the trouble of making buttonhelcs
 It is not always all easy matter tt find paiamas that fit well and are easJ to make at the same time, therefor,
 his design will i'll an oft-fclt want
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
WOMEN AS PREACHERS.

A controversy is being waged in the English Episcopal church as to wheth- CT women should be permitted to of.- ciatc as preachers. There seems to
 Je a call TOT such service, as su many clergyman have become chaplains for the army. This presages one of many changes of women's position resulting from the war.
 In this country there Is a consid- crable number of women preachers. Many rural parishes find their service satisfactory. Not usually having fam lilies to support, they work for small salaries. The girls who excelled the boys in their school classes are not likely to preach inferior sermons. Women preachers are said to be particularly effective in times of sor- row and misfortune. This side of the clergyman's work is often done awk- wardly by men. They would like to offer consoling words, but they don't know what to say.
 Many of the old timers are scandal ized by the sight of what they would call "petticoat in the pulpit" But there Is nothing in coats and trous- CTS to suggest superior spiritual en- Iightenment It is objected that the modern church needs more men atten- dants, and that the men would not turn out to hear a woman preach. The average minister, however. is not so successful along this line that he can claim any exclusive tenure.
 Objections to women in the pulpit may not proceed SO much from infer iority in their work; as from the feel ing that the sex should be kept in sub- ordinate positions. Some men dis like the idea that women will even- tually compete with them in all fields of human effort. But the world will use the best tools that it finds, re- gardless of any sex differences. If many women become preachers in Europe, as seems likely, the idea of using them for such service in this country is likely to gain ground.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
TODAY'S POEM ,
 
BLAME WILSON.

Because he's kept us out of war,
 Blame Wilson For all he does, and does 1t for,
 Blame Wilson! Right done by him becomes a wrong That is the burden of my song. I'll "soak it to him" good and strong
 Blame Wilson! If we have lost the worlds respect,
 Blame Wilson! (Though no such loss can I detect),
 Blame Wilson With merci1ess abuse I'll heap The man who dares the peace to keer This is both plentiful and cheap
 Blame Wilson! For every word and every deed,
 Blame Wilson! That is my gospel and my creed,
 Blame Wilson! Deny that anything is right, Strike out at everything in sight,
 Blame Wilsonl Oh! am not "too proud to fight" If after months of heaping blame,
 Blame Wilson! I find I've played a losing game,
 Blame Wilson! A crushed and disappointed man, Keenly regretting that ran, For the result justly can
 Blame Wilson! -T. G. Bolmer, N Y. World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
YOUTH AND OLD AGE.

F. s. writes: T have kept com- ;pany with a handsome old suitor three months. I am g. He is 52. Says he loves me immensely, as I do him. Would 1t be advisable for us to mar ry? Should he propose? Courted three months He says marry he will. I think of that. He has four children. I have one. Would they be united in same family or dissatisfaction sepa- rate us? Await your advice, please"
 If there arises such . possibility in your heart weigh it well on both sides. It depends on certain amount of bear ing uN ga atiently and for bearing when needei for loves sake.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-01
BETWEEN TWO FIRES

E. R. writes: 'I am a woman mar ried over three years. We quarreled. He moved belongings to his mothers. I waited days in vain for his return. Father bade me get ready to send the rest to his house, as I did. Moved a week, he came, begged pardon, asked me to move with him. I refused. Said he might come here. Father alone, save me, wanted both of us to enjoy his home: Husband wouldn't. I am between two fires-stay and make dear fathers life happy or go with hus- band whom I also love. He wants husband to be a son to him.
 Great is the pity that you three do not live happily together. Have heart to-heart talks with husband to come and live at your fathers.