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The Washington times., 1916-02-02
Personal Habits Formed
Under Age OF Ten Years
Broken With Difficulty
Fond Mothers Too Loath to Teach Children to Pick Up
Clothes and Straighten Shelf on Which
/ Toys Are Kept.
BY LAURA CLAWSON.

mother or nurse to do II for him, 60
much quicker, that the early habits
OF tidying UP things Ia not formed.
"Then the Importance OF giving
child place for his personal belong
ings, should the family be a grow
ing one, is not considered OF enough
consequence. His little garments are
tucked away in the most available
place at the time, his toys Kept on
upper shelves where he could not
put them IL he tried, and he's so
used to the sight Of some one pick
ing up just before his bedtime. that
when he is older and he Ia required
to do these things as matter or
discipline he naturally looks upon II
as hardship.
That Is the reason so many par.
ents have resorted to the habit of
giving their children small sums for
duties-personal duties which they
should perform for themselves as
matter OF course-and the child
comes to feel that he Is acquiring
merit when in reality he Is doing
nothing Of the kind. He is merely
He should b" taught that this
habit Of tidincss is OF the utmost
Importance to himself: that It saves
his time. strength. and makes for
general comfort in the special group
OF which he forms a part
tertelnlN the ElTlS WHO COIUV w
me come from homes where habits
Of tidiness could well be formed. but
should hesitate to establish per
centaEe Of our pupils who are care
ful in this respect.
THE most serious part OF ii Is that
the girl resents anv interference. So
long as her room looks tidy. so long
as she apDears in the classroom
sDotless and neat as TO her apparel.
she feels that the matter of how her
personal belongings are kept is no
concern Of ours.
Perhaps II is not. but we are so
interested i'm the future OF our girls
that we try ~ make them feel that
pm article which can be placed in
stantlv a textbook or a ribbon or a
pair OF CATERS. represents a tool
ready for instant use and that much
NOR, valuable accordingly.
But more and more I am coming
to believe that personal habits form
ed under ten wears of age are broken
with difficulty: they become so in
stinctive."
hope nv teacher friend is mis-
taken. But. remembering Annette
and her tardiness. I'm afraid she Is
right.
Copyright. 1916 by Laura ClawsonN.
The Washington times., 1916-02-02

~ UIESCENT patches OF tubcr-
culosts In the lungs, secret
wounds within the breast, are
tissue erosIons. Unlike Caesars
wounds poor dumb mouths bidden TO
speak" the wounds within are unnoble.
How easily prospers a vicious weed IN
richest OF soils. in the matter OF tuber-
culosis, verihes the bards sdage'
Small herbs have grace, great weeds
grow apace."
Those who suffer with the long
sickness" as the pale plague OF con-
sumption or tuberculosis was once
called. have an uncanny propensity o
self -delusive optimism. This observa-
ton is indicated by the phrase, rope
springs eternal in the human breast"
Affections which assault the lungs,
heart and other structures above tne
diaphragm incite to optimism, nn Wn,re
the dia phragm stir up the blue devils .
Of despair. The actual "pathology' Is
out Of all proportion to the "psychqio
ogy." The physical basis Oh inc inc
emotions Of cheer or the dumps are 10
Gated in the thoraX and the aodonse,n. s,
respectively. They are affairs OF ois.
tlnctive tissues. without regard 10 lne
amount and extent OF the actuai
| malady.
Is tuberculosis Dying Out?
There hns arisen n group Of advocates
who are ho1 cfu TINT milk prepared IN
| A. certain way. or from cows that nave
| oeen made immune to the scourGe VII
remove the danger of tuberculosis. II
| has been claimed that the inronds or
| tuberculosis have been diminished 30 per
| cent In generation. 1t is now con-
| tended that "lnmuni.ed milk Will Still!
| further reduce the number of cases OF
| this disease.
In 1905 in n population OF 1,615, 900, dis.
| tributed over half dozen cities. 'oV
persons succumbed to this pandemic
| scourge. Last year amcng l.AS,c0o peo-
and more cities with = total population
| OF 5,1S4, ono ir 1910. show S.T5l victims
| Two years later there were 3,614 VIC
| Tins In n ropulatio Uf 5,443OD0. Baf 4
! dozen States with some 100000 mCr-
| tails lost 81 .qSS in 1859. and 2,f2 in ll2
What a terrifying spectacle these fig
uIes present. Where is III" "tstound'
ing so per cent reduction" which has
| been claimed
| The progress madc so rapidly IN the
| sos and COS toward the elimination Of
| tuberculosis after the conta8iousness OF
| the disease had been proven. has no.
, teen continuous. Recent years show c
slight backsliding OF the conquest. Mar
Is a curious being. He forgets and ig
rores and must every now and then re
| gain what he has lost
| rho main entrance tc the human cita
b! del for the infection agents or tufer
culosis Is the mouth and stomach, nos'
and lungs.
Negligence and sh"rt-sightedness IL
The Washington times., 1916-02-02

YHAVE just come back from
trip to the West, where | found
a new type Of grandma. She is
the grandma who has found a
new professionalism of giving to
younger homemakers the accumula-
ton OF housekeeping experience
which she has acquired during her
own life.
She is a woman who has been
practical mother and housekeeper,
raised a family, and lived a full,
normal life of experience. Today,
instead of giving this experience
only to her daughter, or instead OF
taking up purely extraneous social
interests. she is devoting herself I"
instructing a group OF daughters"
daughters Of the community in
her homemaking knowledge. How
does she do 1t?
In many States, under the appro-
priations provided by the Smith
Lever agricultural bill definite train
ing Of women Is being undertaken.
In many cases the State orders
what Is known as short courses"
lasting from one day to week and
attended by the women of any given
township, county or indeed Of the
The Washington times., 1916-02-02
- IRsT on one foot and then on
u the other. I waited the other
afternoon in the lobby. The

- IRsT on one foot and then on
- the other. waited the other
afternoon in the lobby. The
muffled strains OF an ex-
duisite symphony came through the
closed doors. and confess was
quite cross with Annette when she
came along. breathless to be sure,
and very apo!ogetic.
so sorry" she said. but I missed
my car by a minute. I Just couldn't
ftnd my gloves. ] knew thcv were
In my bureau drawer. but so was
everything else / possessed. and I
couldn't come without them. now
could r."
went out to do some telephoning.
and I unused upon her case. as lately
! have been wont to do.
Annette and I had grown Up to-
eether. ] knew every nook and COR
ner Of her sunny hospitable South
ern home-a home presided over by
one OF the most charming mothers a
girl ever had-indulgent. sensible in
SO many things; but oh. so untidy,
And Annette, by inheritance or
environment-who knows which,
was her mother al over. Her desk.
her toilet table. her bureau drawers.
all bore eloquent witness to this
fact
Never pang did It cause Annette!
For said she: u can always fird my
own thirgs, J always hunt for them
myself. 50 why need any one else
mind?"
But this afternoon was a case in
point. She certainly had ANNOYED me
and our neighbors by her tardiHess
Annette Is bv nature PROMPT, as
prompt as the state of her bureau
drawers will allow her to be.
That night Mt dinner one Of our
guests happened to be the mistress
OF one of our largest Schools for
girls. and I mentioned Annette case
to her.
Hopeless" she said Il see it
every day. Girls from clever. artis-
tic. and commonplace houses come
TO us. and the manner in which they
keep their personal belongings would
shock you"
1T all goes back. OF course, to
their early training. 1t seems so
unimportant to train a child to pick
up his own books, to hang up his
own wee garments. and to straighten
the shelf on which he keeps his toys.
1T is so much easier for the
The Washington times., 1916-02-02

Dear Annie Laurie-Last Sep
tember | met girl at a party
and I went crazy over her at
once. / have tried TO chow her
some attention. but she has al
ways held me off with excuses.
II Is true she is studying very
hard, as she intends to go on the
the stage. During the Christmas
holidays / and other friends OF
hers invited her to dances. but
she fatty refused all invitations.
She did not even tell me she re-
Ceived my Christmas gift until l
called her on the telephone, weeks
afterward.
Her girl chum tells me that she
does not care for me, but ! am
OF the impression that she will
cease to care II don't see her at
least once a week. What am to
do: keep on trying to show her
some attention or give her up?
BILLY.
HERE may be ever so many
things that may keep that
girl from receiving your at
tentions. 1t is possible that
her parents DO not approve OF her
receiving callers, especially IL she is
studying hard and has some am
bitlon, too. The fact that she has
told her girl friend she likes You
seems to indicate something of this
kind, for ! do not think she would
The Washington times., 1916-02-02
TO GIRLS

girl eighteen years old. living
away from home for the winter.
Before I left kept company
with a young man TO whom | was
much attached. There was an
understanding between us. We
corresponded quite a lot the first
few months when l was away
and then very suddenly he stop
ped writing. Recently ] received
a letter from girl friend OF
mine. saying that my friend was
girl in my home town. love this
man very much. and his silence
grieyes me Please advise me
as to the best course to follow.
CECILIA.
EAR me. Cecilia, / hesitate to
advise you, but I can real
ize Just how badly you feel
on account of the shabby
way the young man is behaving. 1t
may he that he Is rather ashamed
OF himself. and is afraid to write TO
you. I am sorry that YOU haven't
anything more definite than an "un-
derstanding." They are so very un-
satisfactory, like any other sort OF
half-promise. If YOU had openly an
nounced your engagement or If your
people knew about It, you would
have something OF an excuse for
writing to him and complaining Of
your treatment.
AS II is, think the best thing for
you to do anyway is to write. him
a very plain. unsentimental note,
asking why he hasn't written lately.
Tell him that IL he has come TO like
another girl better, than you, you
would like to know about it. Give
him a chance to tell you the truth.
1t may be that your girl friend Is
wrong and that a letter from you
will set everything. right.
Dear Miss Laurie-Can you
kindly inform me how to go about
The Washington times., 1916-02-02
By ANNIE LAURIE

say this and then be so deliberately
unkind to you.
Some time when you call her on
the telephone, ask her II her parents
object to callers. This may be the
whole trouble. If you really like the
girl and she likes you. there will
surely be some way out Of the
difficulty.
MISS Laurie tCtll Uelcomc letters
Of inquiry on subjects OF interest
from readers Of this paper, and ptH
reply to them in these columns
They should be addressed to her.
care Of this office.
The Washington times., 1916-02-02
Twenty Years of Existence
in District Has Shown
Rapid Growth as a Pro-
fessional Educational In
Stitution.
Banquet Will Honor Found
ers on Celebration at
Rauscher' 's-Jump From
Three Students to 148.

TIME annual banquet OF the Wash
inEton College of Law, which
will take place on February S
at Rauschcr's marks the twen-
tieth anniversary of the founding
OF the college. and will include
a celebration of the close OF it's twenty
years of history, from its founding In
1896 with three students and two In
struCtors. to its present position as a
recognized educational institution of the
District, with 14s students for the pres
ent session.
The banquet is being arranged by the
The Washington times., 1916-02-02

Copyright, 1915.
BY Newspa per
Feature Service.)
The Washington times., 1916-02-02
Answers to Health
Questions
NJ. D. M.-Please tell me what to do
for falling hair.

NJ. D. M.-Please tell me what TO do
for falling hair.
Apply the following to the scalp each
night with friction: Fluid extract pilo-
carpine, l dram: tincture Of capsicum.
dram; tincture OF cantharides. y
dram: rosewater, ! ounce; distilled
water. 3 ounces.
worried-A patch Of hair has fallen
from my head. Cannot you suggest
something for this?
Apply the following to the scalp each
night and morning; Resorcln, IS grains;
balsam peru, Il dram; sulphur lott. I
drains; castor oil. IA drains; oil OF
theobromine, 3 drains.
l.. CT you would kindly advise me
what to use on my eyebrows to make
them darker and longer. l would greAuy
appreciate same.
Massage the following into the eye
brows each night for Ave minutes:
Capsicum vaseline. dram: white vase
line. / ounce.
The Washington times., 1916-02-02

getting a position as a sewing
teacher in the Washington pubic
schools? A READER.
TT YOU would write to Harry ..
Hine. secretary Of the Board OF
Education, he will supply you
with material regarding the re-
quirements for the position you de-
sire.
The Washington times., 1916-02-02

Above, left to right-M1SS 8.
CHRISTINE QUICK, junior class
president; MISS ELIZABETH M.
SMITH, secretary; MISS EMMA
NJ. GILLETTE, dean of Washing
ton College of Law.
Below-MRS. ELLEN SPENCER
MUSSEY, honorary dean.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
LOCAL COAL DEALERS
PLEAD FOR SHIPMENTS
Urge Cumberland Field Operators to
Relieve Shortage in Capital.

It was learned yesterday that the
Washington Coal Merchants Association
has addressed a letter to the local Offices
Of operators in the Cumberland field,
practically the only source Of supply Of
bituminous coal for Washington, petition
ing them to do everything in their power
to relieve the continued shortage Of coal
in the local market due to an almost
complete cessation Of shipments from
their mines.
Citing the incalculable loss that viii re-
suit to business interests Of every kind
in the city. and the probability Of actual
suffering, unless the dealers are supplied
with sufficient coal to meet the demands
of the public in protracted cold weather,
the letter expresses the hope that It will
reinforce" the activities Of the operators
in their efforts to overcome the serious
difficulty Of car shortage.
The government filtration plant, or
dinarily supplied with coal under con-
tract agreement, is now IN the market
for coal anywhere it can be found and
at any price, its stock less than two hun
dred tons and It's daily consumption be-
ing more than ten tons.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
Three COMPANIES BID
ON VESSELS FOR navy
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Presents Lowest Estimates.

The Fore River shipbuilding Company
OF Quincy. Mass, was the lowest bidder
yesterday when bids were opened by the
Navy Department for construction Of four
battle cruisers and twenty destroyers.
These vessels form the first Of the big
naval fleet authorized by the recent Con-
gresS
The department received bids from only
three companies.
Bids opened follow:
Fore River Shipbuilding Company-Two
lDreadnOughts, with a minimum speed of
twenty-one knots, to be delivered within
forty-two and forty-elght months, respec-
lively. S0O60,0OO each. for the hull, fitted
with electrically driven machinery and
equipment.
New York Shipbuilding Company-One
IDreadnought, same specifications, to be
delivered within forty months, for 81, $50,
800. or two, to be delivered in forty and
forty-six months, at $l1, ,25O, 900 each.
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Two Dreadnoughts of same specifications
ready in thirty-nine and forty-five months,
respectively. at $1O375, 900 each.
Congress fixed $ll, 900 as the limit to
be paid for the vessels.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
MASONS
TO VISIT ALEXANDRIA
Trip to Be Made on November 9
Aboard Special Train.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
II. =. Knight & Son.
6A SO King Street.

61-62 King Street.
Alexandria. Va, Oct. 5.-Members of
William L Elkins Lodge, No. 646, Of Ma
sons, Philadelphia. have arranged for
visitation to Alexaud ria Washington
Lodge Of Masons November 9. One hun
dred of the members Of that lodge will
come over on a special car. They will
arrive at Union Station, Washington, at
II o'clock that morning, will be met by
a committee from the local lodge and
will be escorted in automobiles for a trip
through Rock Creek Park, coming to AL
exandria at l o'clock, where they will be
rendered luncheon.
Fitzgerald Council, No 49, Knights Of
Columbus, tonight conferred the first de-
gree Of the order on a class Of ten candi-
dates. The meeting was largely attend
ed, among those present being number
Of members OF the order from Washing
ton. Among the Washington visitors
were Leo Rover, district deputy of the
District Of Columbia; William P. Nor
moyle, past district deputy Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia; Thomas A. Cantwell,
OF Washington, and others.
George w. Eisal and Elizabeth A Ring,
both of whom are said to have escaped
from the Spring Grove Asylum near Bal
timore, were taken in custody here late
this afternoon by Sergt. Roberts and De-
tective Lieut.. Lawrence King and Detec-
tive Lieut.. Mintuons, the two last named
of Baltimore.
The acting board Of the Potomac Bap'
tist Association will hold a session in the
Second Baptist Church Friday afternoon
and evening.
The State corporation commission has
granted a charter to Joseph Gawler' s
Sons, Inc, this city, with a maximum
capital stock of $4,000 and a minimum
of $4,000, the par value of which is S10C
share. Officers are Charles ]. Gawler
president and Walter A. Gawler. seCrc-
tary both Of Washington.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
WAR INCREASES COST
OF STARS and STRIPES
Cotton Supplants Wool and Dye
Scarcity Proves Factor.

Now comes the high cost Of flag
raising. The rapacious NAV OF Mars, in
consuming every conceivable resource,
has not passed by even the standards
for which men die at his altar.
Local flag dealers report that the wool
bunting flag. which is the best and for
merly was the most used material, now
has almost fallen into disuse on account
Of the increasing cost OF the goods. The
cotton bunting flag has nearly supplanted
its worthier competitor. At that the cost
of cotton and dyes has so increased that
It costs almost as much to produce a
cotton flag as it did in ante-bellum times
to manufacture a woolen one. The cost
Of a wooden flag has increased about 10
per cent and the end is not yet.
Asked whether the tremendous in
crease in export of cotton, coupled with
the existing shortage, would stop the
manufacture of flags, Arthur Copeland,
president Of the NJ. G. Copeland Com
pany. declared the people Of the country
would always insist on having flags, and
cited historical instances Of the use OF
rags as standards when nothing else was
available as evidence OF the lengths to
which patriots will go. Mr.. Copeland
added that while the present situation is
serious, It did not seem to threaten a
suspension Of flag production.
The cost of dyes is a factor which
makes for expensive flags. said Mr.
Copeland, who said he believed the dye
situation would not be remedled by
American capital until protection was
granted the industry.
Germany" said Mr. Copeland. has
more than $500 900 invested in
the dye industry, and as soon as the
war is over will start sending large sup
plies to this country. AS America has
never been a cheap country, investments
OF capital in the dye industry would be
destroyed by the influx Of products
turned out by cheap labor"
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
ID. c. CONSUMER MUST
PAY MORE FOR MILK

Danger Of a milk strike in Washing
ton was passed yesterday.
The dealers agreed TO give the pro-
ducers the increased price demanded,
and the consumer will have to pay more
for his daily supply of milk
George NJ. Oyster, jr., the largest milk
dealer in the Capital, agreed to meet the
advanced price of "a cents a gallon in
the winter months. and his announce
ment brought about similar concessions
from smaller dealers.
Y. z. Booker business manager Of the
Milk Producers Association, said last
night that the differences between the
producers and the retailers had been ad-
justed satisfactorily
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
FELL FROM LOFT;
HURT; Then WELL
How a Man Who Landed on Wood
Pile and Was Sore from
Head to Foot Found
Quick Relief.

Once upon a time Edwin Putnam,
who lives in the quite, pretty hamlet
of Wendell Depot, Mass, climbed up in
70 loft to get some building mater
ial, Just as many another man living
IN the country must often do. Sud
denly he slipped and fell. Ten feet
below was a pile Of wood, knotted and
gnArled. It was a nasty tumble, and
Mr.. Putnam was injured painfully in
The back, he was covered with bruises,
and was sore from head to foot
The next day he bought a bottle of
sloan's Liniment which had been re-
commended to him. Within a very
Few hours the soreness had vanished
and the lAmeness had disappeared. He
was an active man once more
\ Sloan's Liniment can be obtained at
afr drug stores, 25c, SOC and 800.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
BAR SOCIETY HOLDS
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Pays Tribute to Justice Anderson and
Attorneys Birney and Thomas.

Memorial services were held yesterday
afternoon in the City Hall by the District
Bar Association as a tribute TO the late
Justice Thomas H. Anderson, Of the Dis
trict Supreme Court; Arthur A. Birney,
former United States Attorney for the
District and Edward H. Thomas, former
Corporation Counsel for the District.
The address for members Of the bench
was delivered by Justice Wendell p.
Stafford, who reviewed the life and char
acter Of his former associate and praised
his ideals and ability.
Justice Stafford showed how the work
Of Justice Anderson had complied with
the ethics and traditions Of court proce-
dure, and characterized his departed
friend and associate as able, dignihed,
and resourcefuL'
In speaking Of the natural mother
Wit" Of Justice Anderson he referred 20
the fact that when he donned the ermine
he had assumed the dignity Of the bench
and cast aside all prejudice.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
MISSISSIPPIANS MEET.

Informality characterized last nights
meeting Of the Mississippi Society Of
Washington at the New Ebbitt. II was
the organization's first sssemblage Of the
season, and was attended by several
score Mississippians
There was no program OF speaking last
night but Informal talks were made by
President Harry Peyton, Former Presi-
dent Charlton NJ. Clark. and Gen Horn,
OF Missouri. Miss Edna Barber and Miss
Lillian Chenowyth sang, with Miss Miller
as accompanist.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
Will Present Comedy,

The Knights Of Columbus Dramatic
Club will hold It's final rehearsals to-
night and tomorrow night in Immacu-
late Conception Hall for the musical
comedy Somebody's Widow" This
original comedy, written and produced
under supervision of John T. Liuttch,
will be presented in a series from No
yember until November Is.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
GIRLS! women!
TAKE CASCARETS
IF CONSTIPATED
They Eiven Your Liver and Bowels
and Clear Your
Complexion.
Don't Stay Headachy, Bilious with
Breath Bad and Stomach
Sour.
Get a IO-cent box now.

Get a lO-cent box now.
Tonight sure! Take Cascsrets and
enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and
bowel cleansing you ever experienced.
Cascsrets will liven your liver and
clean your thirty feet Of bowels with
out gripping. You will wake up feeling
grand. Your head will be clear,
breath right tongue clean, stomach
sweet, eyes bright step elsstic and
complexion rosy-theyre wonderful.
Get a 1O-cent box now at any drug
store. Mothers can safely give
whole CascGret 70 children any time
when cross, feverish, bilious, tongue
coated or constipated-they are ham
less-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
Play Tombstone Golf"

White Sulphur Springs, Va, Oct. e
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Addison Wooley, Of New
York, have given a tombstone golf tour
nament. Mrs. William f. Spielburg, Of
New York, won the women's prize, a sill
yer vase, and John L. Hall the mems,
silver cigarette box.