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The Washington times., 1916-02-22

Handling Alright Selecting
Avoiding LteaureOne Striking Illustration.

f/V FEEL so safe about Mary"
confided a mother to me the
other day. THE child Is so
fond of reading. She sits
poring over a book the entire after
noon. II she's allowed. or course,
see that she has exercise. but 1t is
a great comfort to me to feel that
she is improving her time in this
way"
But what is she reading?" I in
quired, for Mary interests me.
Mary's mother looked surprised at
the question: then a curious little
pucEer came between her eyes.
why. don't know" she con-
fessed; history. / suppose. and ma
ture hooks. The school library has a
wonderful collection of such things.
I'm sure I've not thought lately to
inquire into that. Her teacher prob
ably knows
Now this is a perfectly accurate
record of a conversation. and my
next remark may sound as II were
meddling.
But don't you know?" persisted.
Milling the mind of your ten-year-old
daughter"
We were walking home from an
afternoon concert. and just then we
stopped at my friends front door
Come In and let us ask Mary"
she said briefly.
Mary frankly surrendered the book
for her mothers inspection.
1t was one of the most recent and
n
which a mature woman might under
stand and perhaps profit by, but no
more fit' food for Mary's mind than
a complete meal OF caviar and rasp-
berry ice for her growing body!
"On Your Table" ....
where did you get this book" her
mother demanded. as quietly rs she
could.
'On your dressing table," answered
Mary. sweetly. 81 heard you talking
TO father about 1t. and thought I'd
like to read It. ] love novels! Don't
take II away, mother" she pleaded.
as she saw her mothers face. ."I
lust must finish IT,"
l stood a silent spectator to this
scene. between mother and dau2n-
ter. or course. the parent carried
of the book. with an evasivc remark
about speaking 10 a servant. was
left with Mary.
You read great deal. don't ,ou,
Marv?" l asked casually. what
books do you like best?"
And then and there that child
named over a list of bool:s which
startled even me. who flatter my
self upon following the course OF
modern Action, rather hreath,esslv.
Some of them had been borrowed.
many of them she found living about
the houSe. she said, She had read
some OF the standard novels. hut
thought them rather'stupld., no. 81,
Such discoveries as this ore cou'd
be made in manv household. | fear.
There Is tyne OF growing girl. and
OF outdoors most boys are saved
The Washington times., 1916-02-22
What They Say
About Us
Women Around the World.


In spite OF the presence OF a for
mer President and the mayor OF the
worlds greatest city, 1t was the
young women themselves who
scored hits at the fiftieth anniver-
sary celebration OF the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association. Miss
Michi Hawai-, OF Japan. spoke in the
purest Bryn Mawr; Mile. Brocher,
OF Switzerland. delivered her ad-
dress IN French 80 well spoken
that even l could understand It,"
as T. r.. that modest amateur lin
guist. remarked.
preston was made by Miss SuriSo
Imaranta, OF Finland, who came to
America for training when she
might have run for Parliament in
her own land. II has been charged
against the women that they are
more concerned over getting into
public life than they are over pre-
pairing to make effective use of po-
litical power when II comes. Miss
Imaranta does not bear out that
CHAR.
~, "nTds that most needs
90 =. md put into action Is
the ming" Ii is an un-
disc. .,rI. my masters. 4
gre , OF both the Young
Womc,.s nid the Young Men 5
Christian Association is the training
they afford To many who cannot se-
cure II MISUNDERSTANDING OF body
as well as mind. And young women
are coming to America from all
countries of the world to learn how
to give to their sisters help in the
business of living, which, vote or
no vote, grows more complicated ard
difficult year by year.-New YORK
Evening Sun.
The Washington times., 1916-02-22
By FLORENCE E. YoDER.

XX THFN the prospect OF In
NM terviewinR Lillian Russell
came up. we made up our
mind that two subjects
would be taboo. But heaven knows.
what Ia tho strength OF ono moor
writer n-nnst beautiful. clever. Era
oioua Lillian Rusrcli-Alrxnnder-
Mooro7 Only emo remained un-
touched.
OF course. II In easy to guess that
those two subjects were husbands
and beauty. and since the beginning
OF this short story states in large
letters that the piece de resistance OF
the conversation was beauty. bv the
simple process Of subtraction one Is
able to deduct by this time that the
taboo subject was husbands.
In fact. the interviewer. as might
be confessed at the very outset,
didn't have ANYTHING at all to do
with the conversation. Mrs. Moore
Just picked It up by the slack OF Its
ronlpcrr and sat II down in tile mid
die Of "a gracious greeting. and II
sat I'D and went absolutely of its
own accord.
Ono might say that Of all the in
terviows that were ever turned
loose in a room. this interview was
the best behaved. And the credit
Is entirely due Mrs. Moore.
When We heard her tell from the
stare. at the conclusion Of her sonHs.
Just why she han come back to the
stage. what her ideas on remaining
young forever were. and q few other
things sacred to the sanctum OF the
interview. naturally. while admira-
ton for the porsplcacious ra=-siGht-
edness OF Lillian SCARED. hopes for
an interview fell. Merely bscause
she told everything right up there
on the stage.
With one hand. at the beginning Of
the famous conversation Mrs. Moore
shooed her husband and a friend out
OF her dressing room. while with the
other she provided a chair for the
visitor. Then she took one herself,
and settling down comfortably in Il,
with her feet resting on the rungs
Of stu another chair. she began the
Ia they aRF.i place; all i u arbsle.
who would Become beautiful MRS.
Moore II good-natured. gracious, and
kind. Her remarkable oeauty-and
she has 1t yet, and probably will have
It for a long time, as a pitiless scru-
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Since 1t Seemed impossible
to Dodge the Subject, We
Went to the Mat With 1t,
and in the Course of a
Highly Interesting Con-
versation Threshed 1t Out
Completely.

some women who achieve fame early
in life die rather lonesome and OBJ
scure deaths, They have forgotten
that success and happine9 and
beauty come from an inward beauty
which they should spend their lives
in cultivating.
When a woman fades and be-
comes the shadow OF her former self.
with lusterless eyes. a sunken frame.
and hopeless outlook on life II is
because she has ceased to try to
learn. For this inward beauty comes
from constant trials at new things.
Education should never stop. Eff
fort should never ceaSe. New lines
Of endeavor. interests In life. a full
working life. these are the real beau
ty hints and helps which have fol-
lowed and am following today"
This and much more did Mrs. Alex
ander Moore tell. and II was all very
interesting. She confessed that she
wrote her own beauty articles. but
that once when she tried to put the
same thought that she had given me
into one OF her beauty articles she
received a reprimand from the editor
OF the paper In which they appear.
He sent me a note with the next
batch OF queries" she said. and II
said: Write less about soul and
more about pimpies.' So, you see.
you are getting a rather exclusive
story. after ALL"
Then followed more comment. with
a remark about forced interviews. a
story OF David warfeld. and the
ceremony OF presenting the inter
viewer with a picture. and before we
realized II the most unpromising in
terview. which turned out beautiful
~, was over.
The Washington times., 1916-02-22
~ AIRY tales and folklore are filed
- with tabled two-headed giants.
winged horses. dragons that emit

- win faDled tWo-neaded giants,
winged horses. dragons that emit
fire. unicorns. mermaids and
flying sea-serpents. The Odyssey tells
Of Polyphemus. the Giant Cyclops,
whose one eye was dug out by the bold
Ulysses. The Arabian Nights" also
gives an ammount OF Sindbad's adven-
lures with such a monster.
The famous Siamese twins were two
beings held inseparately together. No
surgeon OF the last generation dared
twins are rare, now and again analogous
examples are brought to light, and one
more or less similar 10 now on exhibi-
tion at country fairs and sideshows.
Club foot, webbed toes. color blind
ness, eye colors and many other bizarre
malformations OF the living anatomy are
handed down from generation to gen.
eIation.s The exact percentage OF cer-
tain types of imbecility and idiocy in
certain families can be predicted BY
Il has been definitely proved that
sights. frights. cravings and maternal
Impressions have no part in strawberry
marks. mouse spots and other birth
marks.
Experiments and observations have
been made by a number of biologists.
such as Prof. r. r. Chichester, Of Rut-
gers College. New Brunswick, N. j..
and DIR. r. J. Werber. Of Yale and
Princeton, who found that the use OF
certain fluids chemicals, polsons, and
drugs by the parents cause definite
effects upon the unborn.
II In possible actually to induce de-
The Washington times., 1916-02-22

tiny under high powered electric
lights revealed-is due perhaps TO
this one virtue rather than to all
Of her material efforts to keep the
wrinkles away.
II certainly am glad you liked my
littlo monologue; ! just thought folks
would like IT," she began suavely.
Another point girls-with all OF her
remarkable. cheerfulness and poisc.
and happiness exuding from every
word. Mrs. Moore didn't smile once.
She opened her mouth and showed
her teeth couple OF times. and ono
might have thought that she was
smiling sweetly. but as matter OF
fact when one comes to try to re-
member the smile-it simply wasn't
there. '!lNeithep did she grin.
She Just 0hened her mouth and
looked pleasant when She felt a smile
inside OF her, and thereby taved
something like one-million wrinkles.
Glad you think am such good
The Washington times., 1916-02-22
BY LAURA CLAMSON.

who are obtaining warped and incor-
rect views of life from the books
they are reading. unforbidden. under
the very noses of parents. who con-
slider themselves careful!
Like Mary's mother. thcv seem 10
be satisfied that the girls have taken
kindly TO literature at an early aye.
and then some day thew are shocked
at the amount OF worldly knowledge
displayed by their daughters!
Need of Direction.
The child who Is a book worm"
because of the verV desire to read
needs careful direction.
In these days of free libraries and
pTofuse magazine buying and book
clubs II is the simplest matter in
the world to obtain any kind OF
reading.
A young girls mind is a very re-
ceptive thing, and u Is one OF the
most important duties of mothers to
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see to II that the nroper books are
nj hand. There are so many lists,
so many suggestions which she can
avail herself of. that there Is no ex-
cuse but that of thoughtlessness for
mothers who find themselves In the
position which suddenly confronted
Mary's mother.
SO much of the false has to be torn
down, so many temptations to Mary.
IL she has formed the habit OF ex-
citing reading. Ito sneak" that it
means tactful handling for the next
three or four years. And like so
many OF the things which are hap
pcniIig daily In our homes. II could
have been averted.
Your children may not be reading
vicious literature; the books of their
choosing may be silly or useless, for
there are such things, you know.
At any rate, see to II that you do
know what they are reading.
Copyright. 1916 by Laura Ciawson).
The Washington times., 1916-02-22
L. What will you advise me to
use to bleach superfluous hair?
Peroxide is what most people use.

use to bleach superfluous hair?
Peroxide is what most people use.
Mrs. G. WI have a daughter, SIX
teen years OF age, whose right gland u
the throat seems enlarged. / am afraid
Il In a goitre. What will you advise?
She may outgrow It however. nine
times out OF ten II Is better TO leave the
goitre alone. The following is the most
up-to-date method OF treatment:
The skin in the neigh5orhood Of the
goitre should be syringed to be made
painless with u per cen, novocaine So
luton. The steel syringe Is taken from
n cauldron OF boiling water. filled and
inserted into the goitre or other tumors,
| all the skin Is protected with sterlized
! towels except the selected point for the
pin prick OF the syringe needle, Tne
flesh should be made aseptic with ioa,ne'
Ten or twenty drops each are injected IN
three or four spots. This Is repeated In
a week or two until the tumor disap-
pears.
r.. l.. K-My skin is irritated. and
I have noticed during the past couple
OF days red Jumps breaking out mere
and there. They itch and worry me ter
ribiy. What will you advise?
Apply the following to the affected
parts each night. Calamine. "a d drams !
| zinc oxide, 2 drams; glycerine' drans |;
phenol, a dram; lime water and rose
water enough to make j ounces.
r. F. MA friend of mine and
! would like to have you answer the 1oi-
I lowing question: Does chloroform, al
ministered by inhalation. have The same
effect as taken inwardly?
II has-if the dose is correct.
|
NJ A. LII am troubled with q
| NERVOUS leg" i am unable TO SIT stu
| for any length of time. owing TO the
| fact that / feel as though j must shifi
from here TO there. What will you ad-
wise?
Use the small electric battery on the
affected leg for ten minutes every morn
| ing and afternoon; walk, dance, learn "a
| play tennis. and join a gymnasium.
| +. M.-Please tell me whether or moi
| there Is something n person can take OF
chew to kill the craving for cigarettes.
Swallow one or two tablets every three
hours. each of 1-200th grain of a sui
phate OF strychnine. These are bitter
and when chewed take away the crav.
ing. Glycerite of tannin should be ap.
piled tc the gums.
| w. d. C.-I am troubled with both
| hard and soft corns. Kindly tell me
what to do to remedy same. al am
| so very nervous that i jump when
The Washington times., 1916-02-22
What About
Telephone
CourteSv?
Do You Bawl, who Is
This ?" Before You An
nounce Yourself? Or Are
You Afraid of Being
Considered Courteous?
tt-Hr person I hate worst over

ktT HE person I hate worst over
the phone? why the one
who bawls out Who Is
this as soon as I answer"
The matron. who shall remain
anonymous. who hai been asked for
an interview on telephone manners
brance.
my sons and daughters" she con-
tinued. "act as if were a sort of
conversation robber and that had
as sole purpose in life, the desire
to conceal my true identity in order
to hoodwink them.
"As soon as I pick up the receiver
10 say hello they shout who is this
and besides nearly breaking my ear
drum with the who make me so
made could die.
when answer the telephone at
my own home 1 expect to have the
person speaking announce himself or
herself as punctiliously as they
would IL making a personal calh The
trouble with those young idiots is
that they don't want to tell their
true names for fear 1 will say that
John Is out.
'T understand that in we'll regulat-
cd department stores they and other
places of business that when called
they always answer by giving the
name of the firm or corporation. So
when the children call up say-'this
shout who is this before can say
anything at all.
III the person receiving a call mere
" says hello, It is the place OF the
other person calling to state at once
who he is and what Is wanted"
Why men don't give up their seats in
street cars.
Reason. 9,999.sae
Scene: Street car.
Small tired little man seated with feet
over big bag. in those face-to-face long
side seats. Woman passengers predon1i-
EnlSt Fat Matron with fourteen-year-
old boy.
Small man rises mechanically and Of
fers Fat Matron seat, moving bag,
hitching on strap with effort. and tip
ping hat.
Matfon sinkz into gap with deep sigh.
and no Acknowledgement. eagle eye fall
ing softly for moment on Fourteen-year-
old Husky.
Car stops. Woman next Fat Matron
arises.
Fourteeh-year- boy dives into seat.
Woman makes him comfortable. then
gazes straight through concrete form Of
small tired man, who keeps on stand
ing.
One minute. please. to change reels.
Wild animals could not pry Small man
from next seat II ten crippled old
ladies got on.
Men are such selfish creatures.
The Washington times., 1916-02-22
PERSONAL ADVICE.

Readers desiring advice should
remember:
1. To address inquiries to DIR. l..
N. Hirshberg, care of The
Times.
2. To enclose a stamped and ad.
dressed envelope if a personal
reply is desired.
The Washington times., 1916-02-22

gee n young lady who is about
seventeen years old. The other
night l asked to kiss her good
night. and she refused. saying
that she was not In the habit of
doing that. She is a girl who is
In for all sports and pleasures,
but she refuses to let me act
'mushy."
wish to know II It is proper
for her to refuse to kiss me good
night, and whether or not should
keep company with her.
JACK.
THREE cheers for the girl!
You know, my dear young
man, that the girl may regard
kissing as neither a sport nor
a pleasure. l am glad to hear that
she said she wasn't in the habit of
allowing anything Of the sort. Such
a gill Is really worth knowing, and
you VIII be something OF an idiot
II you stop calling because her idea
OF enjoyment does not exactly coin
cide with hers.
You speak OF Nssing as II II were
one of the obligations OF any call
just as necessary as leaving card
at a reception. Please get that idea
out OF your head us soon as you can,
for nice girls will soon refuse to
allow you to call II you make kiss
ing a feature of your visits.
Copy.t 1915. by Newspaper Feature Service
Miss Laurie Uil Uelcome letters
Of Inquiry on subjects Of interest
from readers OF this paper, and tpiIl
reply 10 them iH these CoIuD,ns'
They should be addressed 10 hSr.
care Of this office.
The Washington times., 1916-02-22

Lillian Russell Grants Private Beauty
Talk to an Audience of One Lone Person

Even the Fact That Her
Monologue Before the
Curtain Took the Cream
OFF the Interview, as 1t
Were, 1t Did Not Inter-
fere with the Beauty
Talk In Her Dressing
Room.
The Washington times., 1916-02-22
ADVICE TO GIRLS
BY Annie Laurie

Dear Miss Laurie: am
young man OF twenty-one and
am very much in love with a
girl OF seventeen who attends
high school. | have known her
since childhood and love her
dearly, but whenever | speak
of my love to her she always
says she loves me as a brother.
She is always telling me about
certain other fellows at schoo!
who are crazy over her and OF
course this makes me miserable.
Now, Miss Laurie, none of these
other fellows call at her home
ans ! so to see her steadily.
ROB.
Y dear boy, you evidently
Nh don't know very much
w about the ways OF wom-
kind. / think It would be
real education for you to read
a story that appeared in McClure's
Magazine II cou-lo OF month"; ago.
entitled woman Stuff be-
iieve that Dana Gatlln was tbs
author. No one ever wrote a story
that Is more true to life.
Perhaps II Is the girls policy to
q tell you about her friends at school
just to make you jealous and mis-
erable and to keep you guessing
as to the state of her own affec-
tion, Don't you know that the
method she has adopted OF retain
ing a hold on you by admitting
she loves you-as a brother-is
quite common to the female
species?
Don't give up hope. by any means.
You are both young and the con-
lfession that she loves you at all Is
worth something,
My Dear Mss Laurie-For the
past month l have been going to
The Washington times., 1916-02-22

w. d. C.-I am troubled with both
hard and soft corns. Kindly tell me
what to do to remedy same. al am
so very nervous that l jump when
The Washington times., 1916-02-22

My Dear Mss Laurie-For the
past month l have been going to
The Washington times., 1916-02-22

+. M.-Please tell me whether or not
there Is something a person can take or
chew to kill the craving for cigarettes.
Swallnu one or two fahleia every threa
The Washington times., 1916-02-22

VX THFN the prospect OF In
NM terviewinE Lillian Russell
came up. we mado up our
mind that txvo auhter4a
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NJ A. LII am troubled with a
nervous leg" l am unable to sit still
for any length of time, owing TO the
fact that ! feel as though j must SHIFT
from here TO there. What will you ad-
wise?
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-03-07
WaTe-LaaYeIl.

The marriage of Miss Elizabeth
Leavell and Mr.. Joseph Ware. of Shep-
herdstown, son of Rev. Joseph Ware,
and Mrs. Ware, took place at Media,
the home of her aunt, Mrs. E. n. Me-
Donald, where Miss LeaveIl has made
her home, on Saturday evening, March
4th, at o'clock. Miss Mildred Daniel.
a cousin of the bride. was maid Of hoaor
aud Kenneth Ware, of Washington, q
brother. was best man. The b i'd was
given IN marriage by her cousin, Mr..
VIM. i. Mcdonald. Thee remony was
performed by the Rev. Josiah w. Kare,
Rector of the Episcopal Church at She! :
herdstown, and was assisted by the Rev.
Percy N. Mcdonald. of Morgautown, q
cousin of the bride. About sixty guests
were invited to be present, beng only
relatives and close personal friends.
The young couple will reside in the
coonty.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-03-07
The Charles Town Athletic Association
Smelling Bee

On Friday, March 10, 1916, the &c T
A A" will hold in the school building
spelling bee, one OF those old time kind,
everybody ENJOYS them.
This is gong to be the best spelling Bee
you have ever attended. Come and bring
friend. everybody welcomed. only fif-
teen cents.
All your friends will be there. If you do
not care to spell, watch others. and pro-
mise you will have lots of fun, Look for
ward to it with pleasure, keep 1t steadily
in mind. and besure not to let anything
interrupt you that evening because you
will regret it all your life. And best of all
there will be great big five pound box
of candy for the winner Let every laddie
bring his lasse,. Besure aud be there for
the Bee and be on time Because if you
should be late it would all be spoiled.
Remember the date of the Bee and be
there. The Athletic Association will APP
preciate your presence at the Spelling Bee
remember you are helping the best cause
possible.
The Rules are as follows; The speller
will not be given but one chance, and
must pronounce the word before spelling
| it. if this is not done, this is at his own
risk.
The person who gives out the words
will pronounce each word three times il
necessary, and after it has been pronoun'
ced for the speller and the speller does
not understand, it will be CO un ed as E
miss on his or her part
On missing word the speller must 81
down without controversy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-03-07
Public Sales

Thursday, March9 = Stock and Forming
Implements, by J. F Royston. near Berry
Vile,
Friday, March 1O-Personal property. by
A. L, Marshall, at Keys Ferry.
Implements by Herman W. Bush near
Nheatland.
Wednesday, March 15-Personal proper
ty at the Bates place. 12 mile east of
Charles Town, by John A, Smith.
Wednesday, March 15-Valuable house
and lot in Charles Town, by Frank Beck
with, Geo Moore and G. N, Camp bell
Special Commissioners.
Thursday, March 16 Personal property.
ny Marshall Roper, S1-2 miles south of
Charles Town.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-03-07
In MemOrium.

In sad but loving remembrance of our
darling boy. Roger Milton Ballenger, who
departed this life one mouth ago today,
February 7, 1916, aged IS years, emo 12dsys,
Cut off in life, no warning given,
Death struck the fatal b ow
His soul released and gave to heaven,
And left this world OF woe.
Peaceful be thy rest, Dear Roger,
tits sweet to breathe thy name,
In life we loved you dearly
In death we do the same.
Roger, 1 am sad and loneso me today,
To think how suddenly you passed
away,
My heart is heavy, my grief is pain,
When we think OF our darling boy
that death b ad to claim.
BY his devoted parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. 6, ". Ballenger