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The Washington times., 1916-01-04

~ n. WILLIAM 4. WHITE, super
intendent of hospital for
the insane in Boston, says:
Education of children of
poor parents above their condition in
life should be stopped as a means of
lmrovtnE social position"
Ilr. White was talking to a body
Of specialists who pay most of their
attention TO insane people.
For some reason or other, he thinks
that an education helps to make peo-
ple go crazy-if the peopls are poor.
thinks. Probably the doctor knows
what he's talllinE about, but l can't
see his point of view. Can you?
ignorance seems to me the first
education An ignorant man lives en-
tirely in his own poor little, aarrow,
bigcted wCrld.
II you are in trouble of some sort.
what do you do about it? Sit down
and think il over and over and over?
Not you. There's the bookcase full
OF the dnest fellows in the world.
There's Stevenson, for instance.
UP in your own dun, tiresome life
when YOU can go for a tramp on the
Scottish moors any TIME you like with
the gallant-heartcd r. I. 8. for COM
pany?
Down i'm the mouth? What's the
matter with Mr.. Charles Dickens for
q CHEEKY FRIEND on a rainy night?
WIND, storm, rain or snow-what do
sou. care, with the CheerybIe broth
Crs or Mr.. PiclSwick to sit with you
by tire fire?
Are YOU alone? Is the one you love
away. farther away than any mere
PHYSICAL absence can take him?
There's Tenhyson waiting to cry with
you a little in the "Moated Grange"
'T'm aweary, aweary--I would that
] were dead"
What a relief IL is to have a good
cry and he done with It!
Have things gone wrong? Is the
worlc hard to you and bitter? Do
they, try to crush your spirit and
understand: y f'G for them! Here's
Henley he'll tell you how to feel
about IT.
IL am the master Of my fate.
am the captain of my soul"
What comfort can ignorance find
compared to these. the comforts Of
good books, well read?
Content Is Dangerous.
Me and my house. my son John and
his house. my daughter Mary and her
house-these are the limits and bounds
OF the world where the ignorant live.
Nothing happens except what they
can see with their own two eyes and
hear with their own two ears.
Over and over the story,
Ending as it began"
SO runs the thought Of one who has
not the comfort and the help and the
JOY of what other men and other wom-
en- have learned before.
Dangerous TO be educated7 Who ever
The Washington times., 1916-01-04

eIliptical. and very sweet and oily.
They are most excellent in making
brittles and in scattering on salada,
where the peculiar oily and sweet fla
vor is needed.
Angelica is another gannish which
can be used more extensively. Its pecu-
liar green translucent pulp can be cut
into any kind OF shape for EarnishinE
cake, candles and desserts,
Gelatine is another product that can
be made into the most delicious candies
on the order of marshmallows, and
turISEsh delight They are easy TO mako.
and can be used as a garnish TO cakes
and tinted any shade. or Favored as
desired. Glove, rose and lemon are good
marshmallow flavors, and such candies
are more wholesome than the heavy.
rich ones of chocolate and nuts. Marsh
mallows melt into cake icings, and into
hot coffee and cocoa, and can be home
dipped" into all kinds OF fondant aHd
chocolate. Then there is the dried
or crystalized bananas too little known,
and crystalized ginger and the standby
"peels" of citron and orange. which
must not be forgotten.
Copyright, 1916, by Mrs. Christine FTsdsrick).
The Washington times., 1916-01-04

Similarly the glare from DISABLING
street lamps IL exaggerated by the
Stygina blackness of somber-walieu,
sable-mRntled night. This is contrary
to the common belief that white walls
make light more radiant. For this rea
son great care should be taken to avoid
the danger of installing arc lamps and
other Rtreet lights in such a manner
as to confuse traffic, bewilder pedestri-
ans. and invite automobile and other
street accidents.
The nationwide movement insisting
that dinners" be placed on automo-
bile lamps was begun by rsycho-p physi-
clsts and illuminating engineers, and
has happily extended to such a degree
that many of the 1916 motor cars are
equipped with double lamps inside
their headlights. The stronger lights
are used for trips along country roads.
and the other. "the DINNER" Is used
in cities or in villages where the glare
Of the strong light might confuse only
poor Shanks mare.
CCOpy't, 1915. by Newspaper Feature serVtcel,
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
Answers to Health
Questions

w. c. L.-Please tell me OF q remedy
for falling hair.
Apply with friction to the scalp night
and morning: Fluid extract of pilocar-
pine, / dram; tincture of capsfcum,
dram; tincture of cantharides, u dram;
rosewater, ounce; distilled water. 3
ounces.
II. VI am eighteen years ola, aRi
have a very deep voice. Is there any
way to overcome this? C2) What will
make ones nose smaller? (3) Please give
me a remedy for thin hands.
Have your tonsils and adenoids re-
moved, and the turbinate bones Of the
nose compressed. This may help. Cal
Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope
with this question repeated, and 1 will
gladly inform you OF surgeons who will
attend to this for you. CD Massage the
cottonseed oil,
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
The Akron Idea.

over in Akron, Ohio, 10000 school
children are to be made familiar
with street traffic rules and in
struct in ways OF protecting them
selves from accident while travers-
ing the streets. This is a safety
first" move which may, If it spreads,
be of great benefit. Within a gen.
Grafton the 'jaywalker'' might be
obliterated were the Akron plan gen.
orally adopted in United States
schools. The reckless pedestrian, in
tent on his ancient rights, might give
way to the careful walker. thought
full of the rights and presence of
others afoot and awheel.
1t ought by this time to be self
evident that if street accidents ever
are to be reduced to a negligible
factor, long, persistent education
campaign, re-enforced by rigid en-
fCrccment of rules and the use Of
physical barriers to reIFlessness
must be maintained The reckless
grown-up cannot be reached except
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Science Has Decreed
Un0drvin9 Rule For
Proper Illumination
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE H1RsHBERG.

- IKE a dart or dagger, the direct
glare Of strong light may al
L. most blind you. Even serious
consequences may follow II a
tiny candle sheds it's beams Of light
sharply and directly into your eyes.
Increase in efficiency commonly spells
augmentation in brilliancy. This means
so many more poisoned javelins of light
harpooned into your orbs.
With the MONDAY sun taken as equiv
aelnt to $1,000 candlepower OF intrinsic
brillianey candles per square cent?
meter, 21z inches square, various kinds
OF lamps yield standard candlepower as
follows: Arc lamps, 5000; tungsten fila
ment nitrogen filled lamp, 300; a carbon
1lament lamp, about IS; an acetyleDe
tame, 8; gas burner, s; a gaslight,
less than three-fourths; an oil lamp,
less than one. and candle only two
thirds.
While the eve seems. curiousIv
enough. adapted to 5000 units from the
full midday sun, II is, nevertheless sus-
ceptble to grave injuries from some of
the artificial sources OF brilliant lunI-
Mostly; In any event. various disorders
ana dtscomforts, happily not always
serious. are the prices paid for staring
at incandescent gas or electric lights,
as well as porcelain glowers.
School Light Problem.
schoolrooms. It need scarcely be ad-
monished. must be fully illuminated In
auch way as to exclude all chances OF
glare. 1t has been observed that the
eyesight Of many children and teachers
during school careers deterforates great
ly. Certainly 1t behooves the savnnt to
ind out both the nature of the sensa-
ton OF glare and it's effects. AZ well as
q practical remedial scheme, whereby
the eyes of all indoor workers may he
rescued from possible injury.
This very problem has been inyestj.
Pated and a maximum hygienic value
for Nluminants in the neighborhood of
two and one-half candles for each
square inch of space has been found.
Therefore. in a room of 1000 sauare
inches the glare from sources OF illu-
mination OF 2,5o0-candlepower would be
leveled at the eyes with impunity.
Proper Street Lighting.
To allow for a maximum OF brilliancy,
however, is not the only fact to be C ,n-
sidered. Not by a lampful" az a
noted illuminating engineer has IT, The
impression OF the glare upon the eve
from a source of light depends very
greatly upon the background against
which IL Is seen. A glowing illumlnant
without a shade, or an incandescent
mantle without a protector observed
against dark velvet will be found r,u. h
more painful to the texture OF the eyes
than would be the same source of light
with the white paper behind It.
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
Three-Minute
Journey
By TEMPLE MANNING.


UGANDA, protectora,e of'
England. which joins british
East Africa on the east,
and touches German East
SAtr1ca-ncw occupied hy the British
~ the world Mai-on the north, is
Tue most mixed race country Of al!
africa. From its king to itH most
despised house servants the com
pleNlons of the Inhabitants vary
from light brown to black. and
every race of Central and even " est
Africa is represented ny its PEOPLE.
u tS. therefore. not surprising tc
fnd all the African religions with
deyoices in Uganda. But however
the various beliefs piay differ in ten
cts there Is one point IN which all
ERapdau religions meet. That point
y the use CT drums. even H. TIE
%hrlsIlan missions. in place of
70 the Ugandan the dram is the
telegraph, the telephone, and tho
urgent signal fer gatherings o.
every kind. Without the drum.
communication would be rs difficult
as though the TecIlc were blind and
deaf. But with the drum they bridge
the streams and talk for miles
Though the forests, carr on their
social col resHondcnce, and publis%
their meetings whether ;)r war or
TOT worship.
in Enmremte, one Of tho most in
tereSting towns in all Uganda, there
rises hill " Which is symbolic Of the
country. On this hill srands the
head station Of tho Church Mission
ary Society and the bill divides the
kasubi. where the old superstitious
king lies tWied, from tne hin OF
Mengo where the new enlightened
Christian king now lives. a partition
between tho cid Cannibalistic belief
and the new religion. To call tho
people To Christian worship IN the
Hill Mission Church there has been
Installed the biggest drum in'lll the
knd.
This drum. which Ia SO very large
that big man has 10 stand on a
plStform 20 beat 1t. can he heard for
seven miles on a quiet day. At tho
time We I'm other lPn1s lay down our
Sunday 7 ewSpapers az tho sound OF
Eoft-toned church bells. . mighty
booming rings Jut over Namirambe
Boone -booTum-houIn." sounds the
drum. The UPandHns. would not
know what n church bell meant.
But they know what those dr. lm
: beats mean
IqasyL l&G hy Newspaper Feature Service,
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
GdrniSheS and NoOelty Foods
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

THOR THE housekeeper who looks
for something novel. something
different. there is a new form
Of peanut product just on the
market This is a peanut meal, or
powder, packed in glass jars just like
the butter. This ground form of t1e
peanut should find warm welcome,
since II has many uses in salad in cake
and other deserts. 1t is excellent in
making a cream OF peanut soup especi-
ally liked by children. 1t is also good
beaten into fudge, or used in a plain
white cake icing with a white cake ir
which the peanut flavor is most
liked. A salad OF sliced banana,
lenghtwise, laid on lettuce, covered with
mayonnaise and sprtnkled with this new
peanut preparation is most delicious.
Ripe olives are so mich more flavor
full than the picked green variety that
their taste should be acquired They
are particularly good with beef and
strong salads. They are not as expen-
sive, either. and contain much more
nutrition.
Pine nuts can be bought by the pound
just like other nuts. They are small,
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
THE TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE PAG
Cuban Women Invade Professions
Following Late War With SPAIN
What Cuban Women
Are Doing.

Being descendants OF aristo-
cratic Spanish families,
they place the Spanish ideal
Of family life first:
With this in mind, they we're
able to defeat a divorce law
that had already passed the
legislature.
Women are entering most of
the professions adopted by
their American sisters.
They are content to allow men
the vote, however.-MRS.
BLANCHE Z. De BARALT,
W2e of Dr.. Luis A. Baralt,
Cuban delegate to the Pan
American Congress.
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
Carrot SOuffle.

Needed-Six large carrots, chopped,
parsley, according to liking, two
ounces Of Duttcr, pepper and salt.
two nutmegs, and dessertspoonful
of -four. Method-Bon the carrots in
the usual way, drain, and mash
them. Warm the butter in a saIIcC-
pan, mix in the flour and add the
mashed carrots. parsley, seasoning,
and the nutmeg. Break the eggs
carefully, so as to separate the yolks
and whites, and beat the former
we'll. stirring them into the carrots.
Then beat the whites and add them,
stirring them in very gently. But
ter a souffle dish or pie dish pour the
minutes
The Washington times., 1916-01-04

the national code. is a pertinent in
stance.
The maintenance of the integrity
Of the family as n fundamental prin-
cipie among the Spanish. and the
patriarchnl type nf family organiZa-
ton is the national ideal. Among
the women, at least, the opinion st'll
prevails very heartily that this long
tried form cannot be improved upon.
The power and authority of the par
ents are sustained, not alone through
childhood, but into maturity.
Throughout the entire life. indeed,
the mother and father remain fac
tors always reckoned with in the
discussion of Camily problems.
Organized Protest.
Thoroughly impressed with the so
cial value such a stable status OF
family life expresses. the women OF
Cuba proposed to countenance no
new kinks likely to react against the
permanency OF the marriage relation,
be such legislative or legal.
A divorce law formulated along
lines generally accented in other
countries had already passed the
Cuban house of representatives when
its significance dawned upon the
women.
Immediately the womanhood OF
Cuba. without regard to rank or sta
tion. was ahame with Indignation.
They would have absolutely no tam
pering with established custom as to
tho status Of family life, and from
one end OF the republic to the other
an organized protest took form. The
grande dame and her laundress were
equally concerned and equally active.
Divorce. forsooth. Why. that road
led to family disintegration! Divorce
was a menace to family solidarity. to
parental authority. and there should
be no entering wedge in the shape
of new-fangled laws.
Cuba had gotten on very wen WIN
out a divorce law. without divorce
indeed. and in a matter which 30 in
timntely concerned them and their
children. the women proposed that
Cuba should continue along old
time" paths. and by means OF such
a simple expedieht as the right OF
petition. the women or CUBA non
chalantly put the divorce idea 10
The partially formulated law never
reached the Senate.
But the women have no vote
their voice has no political signih-
cance?" ! suggested.
mo group of persons dare face
such a storm OF indignation-the
matter was dropped" returned Mime.
AS to the social status OF the bus-
ness and professional women. prac-
tfcaiIy the same distinctions obtain
in Cuba as In America; practically
the same Ideals inspire the workers.
The greater number of the daugh-
ters of the wealthy are educated in
converts and they pursue the Same
mode OF life that the women OF
wealth pursue in other countries.
They go in for charity, they have
their round Of dinners, dances. and
balls. their summer and winter
hegiras. their golf, and their tennis.
Cuban women are up to date. They
not only buy the --latest Partisan
costumes. but they buy them from
the most exclusive of the great
Partisan couteriers. Many OF the
Cuban youth OF wealth attend the
old established educational institu-
tions in the United States-Harvard
Yale, Princeton, Columbia. Their
sisters are educated at home or. II
they do come to the United States,
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
COddled Apples.

Select a number of choice apples
and core them. Arrange them in a
flat sauce pan, fill the cavities OF
the apples with sugar. and add
water to the depth of a couple of
inches. SOCK until tender, add
ing more water If necessary, and
then remove tie apples to a serv-
ing dish Cool, the syrup until il
it thick, 2nd then pour it over the
apples.
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
The Vocational Problem.


Some of the people who went into
the work Of vocational guidance
that is, studying the tendencies and
possibilities Of young people in order
to direct them to the work in life
for which they are best adapted-are
IinGing that this is not the easy task
they fancied it would be, and here
and there one is frank enough to
say so.
They learn, as a matter of fact,
Just what it was to he expected that
thcy would learn, namely, that a
very large number of boys and girls
have no marked adaptability for ono
calling moro than for another and
that even when they are older and
their tastes and character more
clearly defined they still fail to show
recollection or fitness for any special
work.
Most persons have feeling that
they could haze done better in some
other field than the one into which
fate called them, but Jhis is merely
a manifestation Of the fact that they
have n diversity Of talent. a man
may ne n good lawyer, but he might
have made an equally good doctor or
farmer or merchant. Another might
make a successful writer or an
equally successful Cabiret maker.
Even in genius the bent in n gwen
direction Is not always so strong
that IT could not he diverted. James
Whitcomb Riley, for example, turned
out 10 be a poet, but when he was 4
youth he wanted to be n portrait
painter, and showed talent in that
line also he had musical IFift, ard
he might undoubtedly have made an
naNn nF FuHla l. Ha9 II Ia lNF
gifted may, nevertheless safely
choose lmonE several OCCUPATIONS
and have no regrets. II Is fortunate
that this is so. for circumstances
not easily controlled oftener thar
not govern the placing" Of men in
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
Improved Corned Beef.

When boiling corned beef, mix to-
gether one tablespoonful of malt
vinegar, one teaspoonful OF tarragon
vinegar, one teaspoonful of relish. a
little made mustard, a dessertspoon-
ful brown sugar, and a few allspice.
When the sugar is melted stir all
into the water i'm which the beef Is
to be boiled. adding at the same time
an onion stuck with one Glove. The
meat should be served cold.
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
Kansas Women In Office.

One hundred and fifty-nine women
hold elective offices in Kansas coun-
ties and townships. Atchison county
has but one. Miss D. Anna Speer,
county superintendent of public in
struction. Kansas suffragettes nave
no kick coming in the matter of
superintendents of public instruction,
for in this office the women hold a
majority. Fifty-three, of the 1O5
counties are being served by women
county superintendents. The 196
women I'm country office constitute
exactly 10 per cent OF the total num-
ber of county officers in the State.
-Atchison Daily Globe.
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PERSONAL ADVICE.

Readers desiring advice should
remember:
!. To address inquiries TO DR.. L.
X. Hirshberg, care of The
Washington Times.
2. To enclose a stamped and ad-
dressed envelope il a personal
reply is desired.
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
Carrot Pudding.

Carrot Pudding.
Ingredients-Half pound OF bread
crumbs. four ounces of chopped
suet. a quarter of a pound of stoned
raisins. three-quarters Of pound
Of carrots. a quarter of a pound of
currants, three ounces of sugar, two
eggs. a little milk. and grated nut
meg. Method-First boil the carrots
until tender enough to mash to a
pulp. then add the other ingredients
and moisten with sufficient milk to
make the pudding into a thick bat
ter. Put the mixture into a buttered
basin, tie it down with a cloth, and
boil for two and a half hours. This
pudding can also be baked in a pie
dish for about an hour. Then turn 1t
out of the dish and strew sifted
sugar over Il.
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
What They Say About Us
Pertinent Interests of Women AS Viewed
BY Editorial Writers of the Newspapers.

by the undertaken. But just as the
child may be taught the fire drill
in school so might he and she be
taught safety rules without serious
interruption to statutory educational
exercises. The Akron idea is a good
One.-Detroit Free Press.
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
Yorkshire Pudding.

Two cupfuls of milk, two eggs, six
heaped tablespOonfuls Of flour, one
saltspOOnful of salt. a pinch of bak-
ing powder. Sift the flour into a
basin with the salt, stir In the milk
add to the batter when quite smooth:
allow this to stand for two hours IN
cool place, then add the. baking
powder. pour into a well-greased
baking pan and bake for half an
hour IN a moderate oven. .,
,opy't. isls. nv NeUsns Bey F.aturs s.r,-ts.i
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Carrot Pie.

Carrot Pie. ,..r.
n TEAM some carrots and tur-
nips. They are more nourish-
~ ing cooked this way than
boiled. When quite cooked.
take them out of the steamer and
mash them uD with the little moist
ure that has run out of them. Cut
uD an onion and fry it brown in a
httie dripping. Mince this up and
add to the mashed carrots and
tnrpips. Put the mixture into a Die
dish and add pepper and salt with
two tablespoonfuls of gravy Drowned
The Washington times., 1916-01-04

their life work, and varied adapta-
bility is, therefore. most desirable
The vocational guide has n field Of
work, but it is limited.-1ndianapolis
StBr.
The Washington times., 1916-01-04
A Few Easy Recipes
BY ANN MARIE LLOYD.

and thickened. Then crate a piece OF
dry cheese thickly ali over the top
of the pie. and bake it a moderate
oven until the top is n rich brown.
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Follo1v Your Education
To the Top Of the Ladder
Whatever Your Condition
Your Station In Life Is Just Exactly What You Have
the Wish and Ability to Make Yourself
Declares Writer-PhoSopher.
BY wINIFRED BLACK.

- y. WILLIAM A. WHITE, super heard of su
intendent of hospital for Gus Gus 10 nay
u the insane in Boston, saws: narrn,r - ~
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-12
MYSTERY IN PROMOTION OF. THE HEAD OF
THE ORDINANCE BOARD!-CROZIER BOOSTED


BY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
William CTozier, captain,- United
States army, was nominated in
March, 1902, to be chief of ordnance,
a place that carried with it the rank
Of brigadier general and meant, ac-
cOrding to precedent and practice,
that Capt CrOzier should be a mem
Der of this board Of ordnance and
fertilization.
When President Roosevelt made
this nomination he jumped Capt.
CrOzier over the heads Of p officers
that OUtranked him.
Why this amazing leap, nobody
seemed to know. There was nothing
to show that CrOzier was a better
man than any Of the officers he was
jumped over.
But there was a very good reason
why he shouldn't have been appoint
ed at all and it lay in the fact that
the appointment was utterly illegal
In two ways.
First, the act of February ,, Ito in
crease the efficiency of the peTma-
nent military establishment" pro-
Vded:
That when vacancies shall occur
in the position of chief of any staff
corps or department, the president
may appoint to such vacancies, by
and with the consent Of the senate,
officers Of the army at large not be-
low the rank of lieutenant colonel,
and who shall hold Office for terms Of
four years
Crozier was a captain, which is two
ranks below lieutenant colonel.
Second, the act of February Is,
1898, contained the following:
Provided, that no person shall be
a member of or serve in said board
Cof ordnance and fortification) who
has been or is in any manner inter
ested in any invention, device or
patent, which, or anything similar