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Col. Dodd and command u- urarty
Comm"ndatlon of the exploit mem
toned In your l1ii. SCorr. Chief OF
staff.
Subsequently Secretary Baker Is
sued the following statement.
The success Of Col. Dodd in catching
w with the retreating bandits and dis
Isersing them shows the value and ef-
fectiyeness Of the careful preparations
made by Gen. Funston. as well as the
dash and vIgor with which Col Dodd
himself and members Of his command
have undertaken their task.
''lt Is a matter of great qualification
10 us all that the first encounter was
50 decisive and that our own troops
suffered SO slightly. The effect on both
sides OF the border will undoubtedly be
good. 1t will allay apprehension on
the American side ny showing the rapid
!ty and effectiveness with which our
army acts and among the Mexican peo-
pie 1t will show the singleness OF oui
purpose and discourage other bandits
from sympathetic demonstrations.
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and comb lost beyond recall in her
hair.
And Mrs. Simon?
II she is interested in Green
lands icy mountains or India's
coral strand, she doesn't tell It.
Neither does she show II. Her very
FIRST consideration is HOME. whore
she believes the beginning OF all
charity hes.
That her own house Is a delight
full and charming place comes flrst.
that her allied interests embrace
her immediate surroundings is sec
ond, and that her personal appear
ance is anything but White
Queenish is the third.
She is a big, strong -hbered
woman, this Mrs. Simon, with a
golden brown personality that ex-
actly harmonizes with her deep,
warm. smiling voice. and compile
ments the wistarla shades she loves
to wear. One would know by the
touch Of her firm fingers that she
iE not likely to be content to
live q single-track life-and she
doeE1't, for social service, philan-
thropy. call It what you wish, has
been her hobby-not a theoretical
hobby, but a very practical one
that travels along at a smart gait.
There are two outlets for her
dominant energy Just at present.
One is the social service commit
tee OF All Souls Unitarian Church,
the other the west end division OF
the Associated Charities, where
she is enrolled as special worker.
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and forget his own enemies, and marry
the girl of his own heart and make his
own world, II 1t was the last thing Il
ever did for him In my life. And I
wouldn't let him sell his right to his
own honest opinion to anybody on
earth, rich uncle or poor one.
What does 1t all amount to, this pow
er OF money idea, anyhow? Moneys
fine thing to have, II you spend II
and spend 1t right But just to hold
on to and hoard and let other people
envy YOU for-where does It's wonderful
pleasure come in?
Oh, yes, I'd like to have three motor
cars and butler with an English ac-
cent and town house and q country
house, and a maid to do my hair and
somebody TO bring me creamy chocolate
in bed on a winters morning. I'd like to
have black velvet coat lined with
ermine and a blue silk coat lined with
sable and flame-colored coat lined
with mink I'd like to have three dozen
roses fresh every day In my sitting
room. and big basket of violets on
the table every morning. and Id like to
send checks to everybody ! know who
needs money, or to one or two OF them
anyhow-and, oh, what fun Il would
be to buy the prettiest doll in the
world for the little sick girl and the
finest real engine on earth for the lit
tie boy with the lame back. But, dear
me, when I see the people who have
these things they don't look any happier
to me than any Of the rest of US!
Poor, But Independent.
And. oh. after all the drink of cold
water. the fresh breeze in the close
room. rest when you are tired. a CO OF
tea. and some thin bread and butt by
dancing fire, the welcome from the
good old Irish terrier. the laughtc. of
the happy children. the good book when
the rain begins to fall the sound of the
wind in the trees. the far-On roar of
the wild sea, the moon that rises in
silent majesty. the sun that sets in
splendor. the first flowers in the spring.
the first snow of the winter. the ringing
of the church bells. the crunch of the
snow under the foot OF the one you
love. the song at twilight. the glory OF
the dawn. the warmth Of true friends
heart-what more has the world to offer
to either rich or Door? ..
Stay poor my boy, stay poor-if you
have to do II to he independent
A cringing soul Is pooI tenant to a
wcll-kept body.
(Copy't 1916. by Newspaper Feature ser2ice)
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Building a Room
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK

r. EW of us are so situated
~ that we are able to build
the houses in which we live
just as we would like or
perhaps we are waiting until we
can profit more by the experience
of others and we put off from year
10 year when we shall build"
But all of us are living even now
In rooms which it is possible for
us to create or build. in a certain
sense.
We can build rooms now, even
though we must wait until n later
time TO build a house. When we
go into certain rooms we feel un-
consciously that they are good
taste, that they are pleasing, that
they offer real comfort. When we
enter other rooms, we are de-
pressed Or the room docs not
seem cozy. We may say. Or there
Is that about it which offends.
What has made the difference in
building or furnishing these oppos-
Ing tyres Of rooms? Is it only a
gift which some people possess. that
enables them to build a room which
brings about the most pleasant feel
inGs, or cal not the principles of
good room building bc learned by all
who are willing to devote some time
and thought to tho matter7
First let Us study the furniture in
a room. As we all know. there are
Eo-called different periods CT fur
niture which CORES uond TO definite
historical periods. During some one
fs.eN H. .tr...x
particular ideas, they became popu-
lar. were universally used and
copied and thus Teri"d of definite
style was Produced. ALTHOUGH the
names Of the vpri".s periods may he
familiar. We may not ALWAYS know
the diffcrentiations But they are
There are. roughly. clearly defncd
periods First, as far as English
and American furniture are con-
ceTncd, there is the old English FUR
niture OF the Tudor or Elizabethan
made Of oak. unstained. and rot
. Narnished. It was Cf straight lines,
simple and heavy in cor stTuctirn.
There was neither mich carving nor
any turning Cn the pieces. and thore
were but few rieceg i'm this period.
chiefly table, chair. chest and bed.
Then followed the so-cqlled Taco
bean furniture, which was used over
the period of James /, to James II:
or from l6O0 10 1900. Oak. walnut,
and chestnut we're used. The furni-
ture was lighter in construction than
the Elt2abethan, and tapestry and
leather upholstery were used. In the
latter part Of this period. much carv-
ing, was used and the backs OF chSirs
had elaborate panels. From this
period comes the familiar "gate-leg"
table. the Windsor chair, and the
so-called Stuart chair.
The third period was the Dutch
English, or that Of the time Of
queen Anne. This was created
largely during the reign Of William
OF orange, who became later King OF
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is deserving before you give him
anything.
And about that training. 1t iS
necessary.
Many women who have some
spare time on their hands find that
they can do very little practical
work in social service without some
sort OF definite schooling-and that's
where the college woman has the
advantage. have always been sorry
that l didn't go to college, for
have had to draw my theory from
practice instead OF the college meth
OF Of teaching the theory and then
finding its application. This winter
have been studying sociology at
George Washington and am really
finding for the first time the theories
that lie back of what ] have been
doing during the past years.
The trouble today is" she added
rogretfully. that every woman who
has q couple OF hours to spare every
day thinks she Is In duty bound to
devote that time to social service
and the idea those women have Of
social service is positively funny!
They are the kind OF people whose
, system of charity means coal and
provisions to every family that asks
help and who can't see anything but
cruelty in sending a shlftless hus-
band to Occoquan."
Since we happened to start this
story with a reference to Mrs. Jel-
laby, the indefatiEable ladies'
airder whom Dickens immortalized
in BLEAK House." we might as
well finish by continuing the COM
parison.
Mrs. Jellaby was the inconsistent.
hypocritical. absent minded repre-
sentative of the old school OF
church worker. She cared so much
more about the natives OF Rorrio-
boola Cha that she did not have
time for her own family duties.
Recollection pictures her as some
thing Of a White Queen, with her
clothes full of pins, ani the brush
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w" "@sa .asPp!:.ss:,,: e =; :;si:;',!;,'; ssas:s
Woman and Ladies' Alder
Of yesterday?
She has disappeared completely,
but some one much more fine, and
womanly has taken her place. The
new churchwoman, who thinks that
the beam In her own eye IL more
important that the mote in eyes of
the inhabitants OF Borrioboola-G Cha,
has come to stay. In fact, there are
no more Mrs. Jellybys.
This new churchwoman cleans
alleys, helps all sorts of young
people who haven't money. investi.
gates the beggar at her OWN door
and actually finds time on the side
to chaperone her daughters young
friends when they give dance.
Mrs. Louis Simon, a special worker
for the Associated Charities, told all
about her the other day, and be-
tween slices OF toast and cups Of tea
laid bare conditions which would
leave the reformer sadly in need of
copy. Dickens himself would have
a mighty hard time finding a prOto-
type for "Cady' and MRS. Jellyby'
today, according to Mrs. Simon.
THE church woman today Is be-
coming decidedly interested IN other
people than the heathen." she began.
depositing rose-colored cup and
saucer in a relatively safe place on
the tea table.
This new church woman chaper-
ones dances for her daughter and her
daughters friends. investigates the
case OF the beggar at her own door.
studies social science and nhilan-
thropy. and makes clothing which is
not sent to Africa. but to the poor of
her own city.
1T Is true that the cd idea that
the ladies' -aider must sew and work
at meetings has not entirely disap-
pcared. and perhaps II is a good
thing. They are only just beginning
to have this larger vision which
puts their own in the foreground.
mot until / discovered that our
committee could sew on babY clothes
and listen to a book on sociology at
the same time, did we begin to make
real headway. at my own particular
committee meetings. We have a
sewing machine and one member OF
the group uses that while all the
rest sew by hand. and read from
one of DR.. Edward DeYine's books
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treating the sociological problems of
today.
by this method we have not only
been able to make a number Of lay
cites for the Visiting Nurses' Asso-
citation. but have also studied some
OF the problems that face philan-
thropists today.
Again, women are finding out that
the beEgar at the door needs investi-
CATION. Is he a professional or IL he
really a deserving case.
That Is where experience and
training helps. People sometimes
rave about the amount Of red tape
that Is necessary before modern
charity begins to act but they forget
that the aim of social workers today
IL constructive. They are trying to
build up some sort Of a solid founda-
ton that will make those who apply
for aid independent Of It in future,
or, n necessary, put them where they
will at least, not be a menace to so
ciety.
Most Of the people who come
around peddling small wares have
records at police COhlNS
table orga MIA tions. II the truth were
known. Every woman who wants to
feel that she is helping society can
do so by starting a small investiga-
ton OF her own when such person
comes to the door. Let her say,
Give me your name and address, and
come back tomorrow before she
buys any OF his matches or her IRON
holders. Usually she will fnd that
the peddler has bad record some
where.
Every cent that such a beggar
receives helps to make him more de-
pendent upon society for living
and few beggars who give their real
names and addresses ever come back
the next day for the promised assist
ance So to the woman who hasn't
the foundation of courses in eco
Monies or psychology, yet wants TO
be a phllanthropist in an amateur
way l would say. BE sure a person
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Shall the Poor Womdn'S y
Son Accept the Education
Offered By Rich Uncle?
Let Him Stand On His Own Feet Advises Winifred
Black-A Cringng Soul Is Poor Tenant
to Wel-Kept Body
By wINIERED BLACK.

TH HE Rich Man has sent to the Poor
Woman and wants to send her
boy to college. And the Poor
Woman is not going to let him
do it, and all the Poor Womans little
world is divided over the question. For
the Rich Man is the boy s,uncle, and he
is not only very rich, but very wicked,
as wicked as the rich uncle in the
Babes IN the Gods and as cruel,
too, and twice as selfish.
Nobody loves him. not even his own
family, for he is grabbed and cross
grained and so stingy that he never sat
down in a restaurant to order meal in
his life without cringipg when the
waiter brought him the check. And he
Is OF bad reputation, too, ana not quite
honest, and nobody trusts him, ana hrs
promise is written in water-and when
he dies there will be not one single sim
cere mourner to follow him to the
grave.
think she ought to let me Rich Man
send her boy 10 college and give him
chance I wonder why?
Would he he better of to take money
from a man for whom he has an honest
contempt even to get an education?
How much better would he be than the
man, II he did it? How could he ever
grow up to he decent If he put himself
unOeT SuCn ODuSdilOUS u suCn a iiAdh'
This whole get a chance" business
what does II mean. anyhow?
If this boy is as bright and fine as
he seems to be. he'll make his own way
in the world, and he won't need any
money from anybody to help him do It.
II he does need some money, he isn't
worth 1t.
The Rich Man himself, who wants to
do such a generous thing for some
strange. warped reason of his own
who helped him? Who sent him to COL
lege? Who helped any of the succc>3-
ful men of today but the men them
selves?
Power of Money.
II l were that boys mother, I'd send
him to the public school In my own
town and I'd let him learn that he's
no better than any one else and that no
one else is anv better than he-unless
he himself wants to make it so in either
case.
I'd teach him to stand on his own
feet and hold up his own head and
fight his own battles and make up his
own quarrels. and love his own friends
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England. The lines of construction
OF this period were entirely different
from the preceding Jacobean. Now
the backs of the chairs were curved
to fit the line of the body. Instead
of carved panels and narrow seats,
there was developed a single broad
slat down the back of the chair and
much wider commOdious seat.
The legs became more curved, and IL
is from this period that we have the
claw and balh foot in furniture. More
upholstery and needlework was used.
Instead of using heavy English
woods, more light foreign woods
were used and more laoQuered and
Oriental effects produced,
1t was at this time that the art
of veneering originated, or the skill
in oYerlaying a common wood with a
thin piece of more expensive ma
terAl
The remaining period of English
furniture is broadly called Georgian,
and extends over the reign OF the
three Georges, or from 17l4. to a
century later. In this period several
distinguished masters OF furniture
making lived Their names are IA
miliar-Chippendale, then the Adams
es. both Robert. and James, then
Heprelwhite and last. Sheraton.
Each of these masters Is famous
for distinctive features in furni-
ture design. ana these will he taken
up in later articles. Because, before
we can build rooms successfully we
must know the characteristics of the
furniture which VIC buy, the points
i'm its construction and their relation
to American BODYBUILDING.
In addition to the four broad
periods of Old English furniture
there is the separate French, Colo
nial, and modern American. or So
also be taken up in separate articles.
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Women and Social Ser0ice

The college woman has advantage the world of service
she only studied the theory Of philanthropy
but the practice well,
Most women with spare their hands think it their
duty to 90 into social service" which dis
tributng coal and provisions.
Church willing study the theory Of social SERVICE
but they quite get away from the sewing circle idea and
prefer to have their sociology read to them.
Every help charitable organizations by little private
investigation when begga and pedders her door,
instead Of buying their Each penny she gives such
people increases their dependence upon the stateMrs.
Louis Simon.
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-HE Twentieth Century Club to
meet on Thursday morning in
All Souls Church. will hear
Surg. Gen. William c. Gorgas
on Sanitation at Panama"
Mrs. Edward 3. Clark, president
OF the club. will be at home on
Wednesday afternoon and on Feb
ruary 16 at the Hamilton. Four
teenth and X streets.
The travel section Of the club will
meet on Wednesday morning with
Mrs. William F. Ham. Of 262l Wood
ley place.
A play will be given on February
10 at the residence Of Mrs. Alexan-
der Graham Bell, 1881 Connecticut
avenue. by the girls OF the Colonial
School. The proceeds will be given
the war relief fund being raised by
Mrs. Ernest Bicknelrs committee.
The newly elected officers OF
Winnie Davis Chapter, Unitec
Daughters OF the Contederacy, arc:
President. Miss r;ell Pose BaR6ett;
first vice president, Mrs. W. II.
Thrall; second vice president. Mics
Catherine POwie; third vice presi-
dent. Miss Josephine Saunders: re-
cordlns secretary. Miss Asna Wells;
corresponding secretary, Miss Mary
Key Compton,: treasurer. Miss
Helen S. Griffith; registrar, Miss
Jane Dodge; historian. Miss Alice
Theobald; arliamentarian, MISS
Lena wilkins. and custodian. Mrs.
g. B. Buchanan. The meeting weS
held at the Roehambeau when plans
were formulated for a dance tn he
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given in February. The next meet
ing OF the chapter will be held Feb
ruary %.
Announcements OF the ANTHONY
League for the ensuing month in
Elude the following:
A reception held tomorrow night
at 2O17 Columbia road. when Mrs.
Elesnore Bucliler will give & talk OF
The Art OF Public Speaking"
League meeting OH Thursday night
at the same address. when Mrs.
Kate Waller Barrett, the retiring
PRESIDENT OF the National Wonan'S
Council, will give a talk concerning
the work of that organization.
Under the auspices Of the Home
Economics Association an illustrated
lecture on Costume" will be given
by Mrs. Gouverneur Hoes tomorrow
in the auditorium of Woodward g.
Lothrop.
Mrs Hoes is one OF a committee
who arranged an exhibit of historic
costumes at the National Museum:
She Is q great granddaughter Of
The annual meeting of the Home
Economies Association has been
called for April (. Tho present ofnccrA
are: President. Mrs. Charlotte White
Lee vice president MISS EtHei IiuBe-
way; treasurer, Mrs. NJ. w, Cate; sec
retaTy, Miss LoTa White, and corre-
spending secretary, Miss Elizabeth
Bache.
The College Woman'g Club will
meet this afternoon at the Raleigh.
The Smith College group will act as
hostesses.
At the last meeting Of the wash
ington Readers Club preliminary
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Interest in "India's Coral Stra-and Wanes,
While Ladies -Aiders Attack Home Problems

She Says That Nowadays,
the Church Worker Does
Not Necessarily Spend
Her Time Sewing for the
Heather Only, But Is
Amenable to Chaperoning
Dances, Investigating AL
ley Conditions, and the
Cause of the Beggar at
Their Door.
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AnS7DerS
To Health
Questions

A. r. c.--The remedy for dandruft
you gave me came In the form Of a
salve. VIII you be so kind as % ad-
wise me how often TO use same? ~
What will remedy a split tonGue7
II makes 20 difference At all. Use H
for three weeks. t2 It should be eau
terlzed by surgeon
r. LII you will send a seif-ad-
dressed. stamped envelope with your
query repeated, / will be glad 10 give
you the desired information.
3. e. C.--I was advised to take a
lump of salt about the size Of a lima
bean every morning before breakfast in
n glass Of hot water. VIII yop kindly
give me your opinion of the sdvice?
This is a harmless thing, and may be
continued with impunity. II is not a
panacea or universal remedy.
z. L. SWIM you please tell me ~
liar can be remedied Of lying?
Psycho-analysis often does away with
some types OF lying.
c. 81 make root peer every week
and let II stand week before using it.
Is that all right?
Yes; II Is harmless.
s. NJ. E.-win an operation on dis
eased tonsils and Strengthening OF the
nose (septum) cure or relieve deafness
and head noises? ~ What make or
kind Of massage. II any, would you
What do you think of an artificial ear
drum?
1t has done so and Is advisable. (2I
Vibration with a vibrator may help. (3J
They are useless. but harmless.
tCopy't 1916 by Newspaper Feature Service
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Odd Facts.
lthic means tending toward yell

Aanthic means tending toward vel
Boot buttons should he sewn on
with waXed thread.
Brighton, England. has an ele-
phant-bone bed off its beach.
Bread, stale, can be made new by
being steamed.
seventy tons Of coal day will
carry an ordinary battieship along al
the cruising speed of ten or twelve
knots but TO drive her at twenty or
, over. hve times that amount must be
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Mrs. Louis Simon, Social
Service Worker, and
Member of All Souls Uni
tartan Church, Explains
the New Church Woman
and Tells How the
Heather Have Been Put
In the Background for
the Time Being.
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News Items and Notes of Club
Activities in Washington

plans were outlined for the annual
Shakespeare birthday dinner on April
3. This established custom OF the
Readers Club will have a special
significance this year when players
and readers all over the world are
planning honors for the tercenenAry
celebration.
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The Woman's Benefit Association
of the Maccabees will give a leap
year ball in February for the bene-
fit OF the rally in Baltimore. The
commanders of the various reviews
are in charge OF preparations. The
theater party OF National Review
will be given on January q. An-
other theater part has been planned
for, March by six reviews OF the
District.
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The Friendship Nursery Aid Club
is planning for an Easter tea and
sale the first week in April. at the
home OF Mrs. Nena p. Garden, 3576
Thirteenth street.
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At the last meeting of the WASH
ington Readers Club preliminary
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given in February. The next meet
ing OF TIE chapter will be held Feb
mary %
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c. 81 make root Deer every week
and let Il stand week before using II.
Is that all right?
Yes; Il Is harmless
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The College Woman's Club will
meet this afternoon at the Raleigh.
The Smith College group will act as
hostesses.
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r. L. S.-wiIl you please tell me ~
a liar can be remedied Of lying?
Psycho-analysis often does away with
some types OF lying
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r. LII you will send a seif-ad-
dressed. stamped envelope with your
query repeated, / will be glad 10 give
you the desired information.
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the girl Of
II
Il for i'm in And